something in the wires made the lightbulbs break

this morning on my discourse blog I woke up to a series of asks detailing a tale of trauma and rather incredible recovery via darkfic and a very good friend, and it touched me so much I wanted to archive it.
under the cut: trigger warnings for discussion of rape, incest, abuse, trauma, mental breakdowns, self harm, and coping via darkfic
( triggery stuff ahead )( triggering stuff ahead )