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1. Working for the Knife by mythologicalvampire (slasherstation)

   Fandoms: The Magicians (TV), The Magicians - Lev Grossman, Severance (TV)  

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Major Character Death
   • Multi
   • Work in Progress

   10 Mar 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Major Character Death
   • Quentin Coldwater/Eliot Waugh
   • Quentin Coldwater/Alice Quinn
   • Quentin Coldwater & Julia Wicker
   • Quentin Coldwater
   • Eliot Waugh
   • Alice Quinn (The Magicians)
   • Julia Wicker
   • William "Penny" Adiyodi
   • Henry Fogg
   • Josh Hoberman
   • Kady Orloff-Diaz
   • Margo Hanson
   • Emily Greenstreet
   • SEVERANCE AU
   • Slow Burn
   • Angst
   • Grief
   • Established Alice/Quentin
   • Depression
   • Reintegration (Severance)

   Summary

   After the death of Alice Quinn, Quentin Coldwater undergoes an experimental procedure known as “severance.” Things are not as they appear, and Quentin begins to realize that in running from grief, he could never run from one thing: himself.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   4,847

   Chapters:

   1/?

   Comments:

   2

   Kudos:

   5

   Hits:

   82