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   there is no me without you by of_weird_stars

   Fandoms: The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller, The Iliad - Homer  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   22 Mar 2024

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Achilles/Patroclus (Song of Achilles)
   • Achilles (Song of Achilles)
   • Patroclus (Song of Achilles)
   • Briseis (Song of Achilles)
   • Thetis (Song of Achilles)
   • other people from the iliad i don't wanna tag
   • k so this is sad
   • Gang/Mafia AU
   • 1980s
   • 1990s
   • Sort of song fic
   • Angst
   • Fluff
   • we hate thetis all the time
   • General Chaos
   • I'm sorry okay
   • weird screwed up timeline
   • Mutual Pining
   • briseis is too good for this world
   • sometimes characters die and its emotionally destructive but we ball
   • Gang Violence
   • Death of major character
   • i have no idea how the medical system works
   • or gangs really
   • Everything is Complicated
   • I Made Myself Cry
   • Depictions of grief
   • it's so angsty and for WHAT

   Summary

   June 6th, 1990: Achilles' story starts the night Patroclus dies in a gang related accident.
   September 1st: 1981: Patroclus' story starts in jr. high, when he meets Achilles and Briseis.

   Alternating between the two perspectives, we see Achilles' rage and descent into unbearable grief after the death of the person who kept him tethered to earth, and Patroclus' time growing up alongside someone who's stuck in a life he didn't choose.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   94,536

   Chapters:

   24/24

   Comments:

   73

   Kudos:

   180

   Bookmarks:

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   Bookmarked by Heartless13

   04 Nov 2023

   Bookmarker's Notes

   On chapter 4.