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• Never Love An Anchor by idioticsyndic

  Fandoms: Stardew Valley (Video Game)  

  • Mature
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Gen
  • Work in Progress

  09 Oct 2025

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Krobus & Player (Stardew Valley)
  • Harvey/Female Player (Stardew Valley)
  • Gil/Marlon (Stardew Valley)
  • Original Stardew Valley Character(s)
  • Krobus (Stardew Valley)
  • Harvey (Stardew Valley)
  • Marlon (Stardew Valley)
  • Gil (Stardew Valley)
  • Wizard | M. Rasmodius
  • Abigail (Stardew Valley)
  • Other(s)
  • Major Character Injury
  • No Beta We Die Like Grandpa
  • No beta we die like Beloved Mona
  • no beta we die like—
  • Flashback Character deaths
  • Disability
  • Non-Binary OC
  • sibling relationships
  • Adventurers Guild
  • some canon divergence
  • Not a crazy amount just like added and adjusted lore
  • definitely some inspo from expanded but does not take place in the sdve world
  • fic for the bastard children with a complicated relationship with their sibling
  • Shadow people
  • music was a large part of forming this story
  • Low Fantasy
  • biblical allegory
  • turns out violence is actually bad
  • the dove isn't quite dead so perhaps she shall fly again
  • Angst
  • Hurt
  • Sometimes comfort
  • Krobus deserves more fics
  • abigail gets magic
  • gil gets a tragic back story
  • Ras is a bad bitch
  • Marlon is a controversial figure in the adventuring world
  • Marlon as "the strongest" trope
  • Harvey is Good
  • compassion. hate. two sides of the same coin.
  • i'm not a violent dog i don't know why i bite
  • the mines are set as dangerous for the duration of this fic
  • not for mr. qi reasons just for more complicated dives reasons
  • OC Tyler and Marlon have beef
  • they're just too much alike lmao
  • OC Katie and Gil are lowkey besties
  • Cognitive Dissonance
  • non linear story telling in the flashbacks
  • So many flashbacks
  • He/Him Pronouns for Krobus (Stardew Valley)
  • adding more tw type tags here:
  • Grief
  • Child Loss
  • PTSD
  • Childhood Trauma
  • Trauma Induced Nightmares
  • Ableism
  • mild homophobia
  • Mild Transphobia
  • Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
  • Survivor Guilt
  • Intrusive Thoughts

  Summary

  Things just lined up. Tyler's guild was shut down for safety violations, and they were without work. Katie called one too many times with an offer: a job, monsters to slay, and a place to park their trailer. The only trouble was Tyler would have to move to that farm that housed nothing but sour memories. When Tyler makes an unlikely ally, they must learn that softness is not weakness, and that love is not earned, but made.

  Updates every Thursday.

  Series

  • Part 2 of NLA and Side Stories

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  60,162

  Chapters:

  18/26

  Comments:

  136

  Kudos:

  15

  Bookmarks:

  3

  Hits:

  387