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   Larkspur by pearlescentime

   Fandoms: Gachiakuta (Manga)  

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

   12 Jul 2025

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Zanka Nijiku/Jabber Wonger
   • Zanka Nijiku & Jabber Wonger
   • Jabber Wonger
   • Zanka Nijiku
   • Mentions of - Character
   • Riyo Reaper
   • Follo Tunito
   • Time Loop
   • Heavy Angst
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Not Canon Compliant
   • Body Horror
   • a little bit of
   • Codependency
   • Kissing
   • Unhealthy Relationships
   • but that's what makes janka so beautiful...
   • nobody comes out of this unscathed. and maybe that's okay.
   • at least they're alive?

   Summary

   Zanka’s breaths are short and wet– he’s not long for this world. Without his mask and with that gaping wound in his chest, anyone can see that he’s not going to survive more than another minute or so. Jabber sits beside him, giddy with anticipation as he waits for Zanka's inevitable death.

   Jabber gets trapped in a time loop where Zanka dies, over and over. It doesn't bother him- he loves the look on Zanka's face as the light fades from his eyes- until he comes to a few realisations about himself, and then it really, really does.

   Series

   • Part 1 of Poison Garden

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