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  1. Public Bookmark 7

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    Day 7: Razor's Edge
    No pain management | Hunger | Threats of violence
    Neil doesn't eat when he's stressed--it's fine, he has it under control.
    Until he doesn't.

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    26 Apr 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 12

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    December 20th, 1959.
    Its been four days since the Poets found out about Neil's suicide, and the fallout that ensues

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    Knox has no idea what to do cuz Charlie is collapsing and Neil's dead and Charlie seems to be going further off the deep end - and Charlie himself literally can't do anything but continue with self destructive behaviour

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    20 Apr 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 28

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    He was willing to chip at it, at his father’s carefully constructed cage, bit by bit. He could make it clear that his body was not his; and what with everybody so keen to take control of it, he could make sure they know that everybody—anybody was welcome to do with it what they will.

    (He didn’t hate his father as much as he hated himself anymore.)

    It was a small rebellion, more or less invisible, but he could see it. And Neil Perry just wasn’t brave enough to rebel in bolder colours anymore.

    After a failed suicide attempt, Neil is desperately trying to hang on to who he was before, but that person is slipping through his fingers. He’s not sure whether he ever existed at all.

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    20 Apr 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 18

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    After surviving his suicide attempt, Neil tries to go back to his normal life. Only that months pass by, and the sound of crying and sirens haunts his dreams, and he spends every waking moment trying to keep up with his life.
    He is miserable, which makes Todd miserable, too. So when the chance comes to make Todd happy, he snatches it.
    What a shame he takes the bad opportunities, too.

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    14 Apr 2026

  5. Public Bookmark *

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    "It's just his shoulder! Call an ambulance, he'll be alright, it's just his shoulder!"

    As Neil was pulled into an embrace and voices he couldn't focus on drifted through his ears, he thought, Fuck. Fuck.

    He missed.

     

    Or, an AU where Neil survives his suicide attempt and his mental health is actually addressed.

    Title taken from Light from Next to Normal.

     

    Russian translation (done by Meridiem/Cosequatur): https://ficbook.net/readfic/9676303

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    14 Apr 2026