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   As dusk settles by Spaceythebee

   Fandoms: From (TV 2022)  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Multi
   • Work in Progress

   07 Aug 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Cowbody Creature (From)/Reader
   • Smiley Creature (From)/Reader
   • Boyd Stevens
   • Kristi Miller
   • Kenny Liu
   • Jim Matthews (From)
   • Marielle Sinclair
   • Tian-Chen Liu
   • Creature(s) (From)
   • Donna Raines
   • Randall Kirkland
   • Suggestive Themes
   • Mild Blood
   • Creepy Fluff
   • Rituals
   • Forced Bonding
   • Mental Link
   • Creatures/Reader - Freeform
   • Kinda?
   • Might be future non-con/dub-con elements
   • can be read as gender-neutral
   • But Reader is female coded
   • Slow Burn
   • Non-Consensual Body Modification
   • Invasion of Privacy
   • But what else is new with the creatures
   • One-Sided Attraction
   • Injury
   • Captivity
   • They make-out? They make-out!
   • Implied/Referenced Suicide

   Summary

   When the bus came, you foolishly tried to play hero. Except heroes defeat the enemy. They don't get captured after cowering in the dark. Now you weren't sure what you were becoming, but you wondered if death would be a kinder fate than whatever the creatures planned for you.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   86,424

   Chapters:

   12/?

   Comments:

   205

   Kudos:

   265

   Bookmarks:

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   Bookmarked by rumi_huntrix

   11 Mar 2026

   Bookmarker's Tags:

   • smiley x reader
   • from
   • Ritual
   • Romance

   Bookmarker's Notes

   My favorite. The Reader has a connection with Smiley