The Only Way Out is Down (60806 words) by Avelera
Chapters: 12/16 – Treachery – Hermann
Fandom: Pacific Rim (Movies)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Newton Geiszler/Hermann Gottlieb
Characters: Newton Geiszler, Hermann Gottlieb, Jake Pentecost
Additional Tags: Post-Movie: Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018), Literary References & Allusions, Coma, Rescue, Newton Geiszler is a Dork, POV Newton Geiszler, Newton Geiszler Recovery Arc, Mind Control Aftermath & Recovery, Dreamscapes, Past Relationship(s), Other Additional Tags to Be Added, The Drift (Pacific Rim), Drift Side Effects, Hell, Inferno AU, Stream of Consciousness, Worried Hermann Gottlieb, Explicit Language, Past Mind Control, POV Hermann Gottlieb, Precursors are super dead, Memory Loss, Memory Alteration, Bickering, BAMF Hermann Gottlieb, Kissing, Canon-Typical Violence, Injury, Implied/Referenced Suicide, Explicit Sexual Content, Consensual Sex, Hurt/Comfort, Seduction, Cuddling & Snuggling, Fluff, Angst, Trauma
Summary:

The invasion of the Anteverse was successful, and the Precursors have been destroyed, but Newt still hasn’t awoken from his coma and doesn’t respond initially to Drift attempts from Hermann to wake him.

But when one day a connection is established, Hermann and Newt find themselves in a mingled mindscape that seems informed by Dante’s “Inferno”. Together, they pass through the Nine Circles, nine memories of Newt’s years under Precursor control in the hopes it will help free Newt from his own head.

Yet questions linger: how much did the Precursors take from Newt, to what lengths will Hermann go to free him, and is the other even truly there, or merely a rabbit of the other’s making, a wish fulfillment fantasy that they’re chasing into the abyss?

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Please don’t murder me! I hope you like it! I’ve been waiting a long time to share this chapter :3

Oh my GOD the edits for ch. 12 literally took from when I woke up yesterday to when I went to bed and I still need to do one more pass. Serves me right for leaving scenes to write until “later”, and 13 is probably going to be even worse.

Anyway, expect that up later today!

The Limits of Reason

kingfindekano:

Chapter: 7/11

Words: 45350

Otachi stared down at Hermann through the rain.

Along the side of her neck vibrant blood was seeping from a deep gash. Her fierce jaw was clenched, her sharp teeth bared in an electric turquoise grin: blood seeped through the cracks between her teeth, dripped viscous down onto the floor. Her gaze was fell and wrathful, and she drove terror like a sword into Hermann’s heart as she slowly blinked her glowing eyes at him.

Chapter seven: monsters, aggressive plants, and emotional terrorism. 

The chapter count has gone up once more, as this one particular segment of the fic has turned into a beast of truly ungodly length — though in my defense, it’s one of my absolute favorite parts! Hope you guys enjoy 😀

Read here on AO3

Chapter One