Fics like What should have been

Inspired by Steins Gate:0 this is the story of what would have happened if the bad ending had been allowed to pass. Specifically, the ending where Tomoya, crippled by the death of everyone he loved, convinces himself that Nagisa is better off never knowing him and leaves her alone at the bottom of the hill. A future where he instead gets kicked out of school and follows his father into addiction, leaving Nagisa isolated and depressed despite the best efforts of her parents. All the while, the diffuse memory of a life long lost hangs over them both like a tormented spectre. But all is not lost, for in the darkness a single stubborn glimmer of hope seeks to force the hand of fate and put the world back as it should have been...

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