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1. Public Bookmark 20

   Spiraling down (Biting down) by orphan_account

   Fandoms: The Stanley Parable  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Gen, M/M
   • Complete Work

   11 Apr 2023

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • The Narrator & Stanley (The Stanley Parable)
   • The Narrator/Stanley (The Stanley Parable)
   • The Narrator (The Stanley Parable)
   • Stanley (The Stanley Parable)
   • Zending (The Stanley Parable)
   • Angst
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Self-Hatred
   • Self-Harm
   • Kind Of
   • mostly just self-punishment with a handful of biting
   • No Smut
   • The Freedom Ending (The Stanley Parable)
   • The Bottom of the Mind Control Room Ending
   • Stanley Remembers Resets (The Stanley Parable)
   • The Narrator Remembers Resets (The Stanley Parable)
   • mostly - Freeform
   • Guilt
   • Implied/Referenced Suicide
   • but in a Zending way
   • They/Them Pronouns for The Narrator (The Stanley Parable)
   • They're both autistic but that's not actually important or mentioned
   • Panic Attacks
   • I think? I am projecting and I don't know what's wrong with me lol
   • Nonverbal Communication
   • Not As Heavy As It Sounds
   • I don't think
   • Self-Loathing
   • Not Beta Read

   Summary

   "Stanley, please I'm asking you not to take this away from me. I can't go back to what I was before! If you die, we'll both go back!"

   Or

   The Narrator remembers the events of resets, but when Stanley dies, his memory of how he felt during that ending is erased.
   Meanwhile, Stanley, feeling guilty about hurting his Narrator during the Zending, works to make it up to them at his own expense.
   They're both messy.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   2,623

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   9

   Kudos:

   274

   Bookmarks:

   19

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2. Public Bookmark 32

   Heart to Heart by Sir_Touch_Starved

   Fandoms: The Stanley Parable  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • Major Character Death
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   22 Apr 2023

   Tags

   • Major Character Death
   • The Narrator/Stanley (The Stanley Parable)
   • The Narrator & Stanley (The Stanley Parable)
   • The Narrator (The Stanley Parable)
   • Stanley (The Stanley Parable)
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Stanley has abandonment issues (The Stanley Parable)
   • Implied/Referenced Suicide
   • Stanley Parable typical suicide ya know
   • Zending (The Stanley Parable)
   • Touch-Starved
   • Panic Attacks
   • Hugs
   • First Kiss
   • They're In Love Your Honor
   • They both just need to sit down and talk about their emotions for the love of god
   • no beta we die like the queen
   • Humanized Narrator (The Stanley Parable)
   • Angst
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Light Angst
   • Mushroom man strikes again meepmeep

   Summary

   The Zending had been Stanley's breaking point.
   He couldn't keep doing this anymore.

   The Narrator and Stanley sit down and actually talk for once, instead of simply ignoring all the trauma they both go through each terrible ending.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   2,707

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   8

   Kudos:

   293

   Bookmarks:

   32

   Hits:

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   28 Feb 2026

3. Public Bookmark 20

   We Were Never Meant To Part by Myurni (myurnitas)

   Fandoms: The Stanley Parable  

   • General Audiences
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   12 Mar 2023

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • The Narrator/Stanley (The Stanley Parable)
   • The Narrator & Stanley (The Stanley Parable)
   • The Narrator (The Stanley Parable)
   • Stanley (The Stanley Parable)
   • Light Angst
   • Fluff
   • Narrator’s is a bitch (inlove alright)
   • Tags Are Hard
   • Zending (The Stanley Parable)
   • after the zending babes
   • Narrators love language is quality time
   • Stanleys love language is physical touch
   • BC I SAY SO
   • TSP so good it got me out of a 3 month long writers block fr
   • Panic Attacks
   • yes I used a miracle musical lyric for the title
   • Stanley Uses ASL (The Stanley Parable)

   Summary

   “It’s alright, I’m here. I won’t go anywhere. Please don’t cry..”

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   544

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   4

   Kudos:

   335

   Bookmarks:

   20

   Hits:

   2,264

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   28 Feb 2026

4. Public Bookmark 10

   The Reality of Learning to Cope with Eternity by wielded_skeletons (32waffles_with_syrup)

   Fandoms: The Stanley Parable  

   • General Audiences
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   04 Aug 2024

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • The Narrator & Stanley (The Stanley Parable)
   • The Narrator (The Stanley Parable)
   • Stanley (The Stanley Parable)
   • Inspired by a Bo Burnham Song
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Or not really Happy
   • as much as it can be in the Stanley Parable I guess
   • Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms
   • Unhealthy Relationships
   • but at least they're trying now...
   • Stanley Needs a Hug (The Stanley Parable)
   • Panic Attacks
   • the Narrator is not equipped to deal with it
   • Neither is Stanley really
   • They both just need a break
   • Mythology References
   • minor though
   • Character Study
   • Maybe? a little bit anyway

   Summary

   Stanley is hurting himself. The Narrator is determined to help, and they both learn some things along the way.
   ~

   Based off the song "Any Day Now" by Bo Burnham.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   5,966

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   17

   Kudos:

   71

   Bookmarks:

   10

   Hits:

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   28 Feb 2026

5. Public Bookmark 55

   Concealing Emotions I'm Not Supposed To Feel by orphan_account

   Fandoms: The Stanley Parable  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Gen, M/M
   • Complete Work

   17 Jan 2023

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • The Narrator & Stanley (The Stanley Parable)
   • Stanley (The Stanley Parable)
   • The Narrator (The Stanley Parable)
   • Bucket (The Stanley Parable)
   • Stanley Remembers Resets (The Stanley Parable)
   • Selectively Mute Stanley (The Stanley Parable)
   • Humanized Narrator (The Stanley Parable)
   • He/Him Pronouns for The Narrator (The Stanley Parable)
   • He/Him Pronouns for Stanley (The Stanley Parable)
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Angst
   • Panic Attacks
   • Mental Breakdown
   • Stanley Uses the Bucket as a Comfort Item
   • narrator actually understands how humans work??? amazing
   • (well not really but)
   • gay??? gay.

   Summary

   After the Skip Button Ending, Stanley can't help but feel an intense amount of anxiety, dread, and anguish. Fearing how the Narrator may respond to Stanley having a breakdown, Stanley decides that the best course of action is to cover his head with the Bucket.

   Or- Stanley struggles with a mental breakdown and Narrator comforts him as best as he can.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   2,133

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   15

   Kudos:

   620

   Bookmarks:

   55

   Hits:

   3,700

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   28 Feb 2026