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   Grief is a Funny Feeling by WhyAreAllTheHorizonUsernamesTaken (HelpWhyAreAllTheUsernamesTaken)

   Fandoms: Horizon (Video Games), Horizon Zero Dawn (Comics)  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Major Character Death
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   26 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Major Character Death
   • Erend/reader
   • Erend/You
   • Erend/Original Female Character
   • Erend (Horizon)
   • Ersa (Horizon)
   • Aloy (Horizon)
   • Avad (Horizon)
   • Original Characters
   • Marad (Horizon)
   • Dervahl (Horizon)
   • Reader
   • During Canon
   • During Horizon: Zero Dawn
   • Drunk Erend
   • Slow Burn
   • Fluff
   • Eventual Smut
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Rating May Change
   • Reader doesn't belong to any tribe
   • Grief/Mourning
   • I miss Ersa
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • I Wrote This Instead of Sleeping
   • protective erend
   • Overbearing Erend
   • Drunken Confessions
   • cause duh
   • Crush at First Sight
   • Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
   • Minor Original Character(s)
   • Oseram Culture & Customs (Horizon)
   • Meridian (Horizon)
   • The Claim (Horizon)
   • Implied Sexual Content
   • No Use of Y/N for Reader-Insert
   • Horizon: Zero Dawn Spoilers
   • no beta reader we just die
   • Canonical Character Death
   • Trigger Warnings Before Necessary Chapters
   • AFAB | Assigned Female at Birth Reader-Insert

   Summary

   In which Erend finds someone to protect, and jumps through all the necessary hoops needed to do so.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   28,764

   Chapters:

   12/17

   Comments:

   7

   Kudos:

   15

   Bookmarks:

   3

   Hits:

   277

   Bookmarked by Anonymouslolz

   18 Feb 2026