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• First Impressions of Hell by LunaStarsNight

  Fandoms: Severance (TV)  

  • Not Rated
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • F/M, Gen
  • Complete Work

  27 Mar 2025

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Helly R./Mark S. (Severance)
  • Helly R. & Mark S. (Severance)
  • Helly R. (Severance)
  • Mark S. (Severance)
  • Milchick referenced
  • Dylan referenced
  • Irving referenced
  • Helena referenced
  • Break Room (Severance)
  • Character Study
  • i couldn't stop thinking about how they make the mdr department heads do the orientations
  • Like why
  • and how we can infer that mark hated petey at first
  • similar to helly hating mark
  • well maybe hate is a strong word idk
  • but anyway i think lumon does it on purpose to pit them against each other
  • the new innie has their first impression of work hell be the department head whose in charge of teaching them to accept their prisoner life
  • and the department head gets in trouble every time the other rebels
  • that would definitely create a cycle of resentment
  • unfortunately for lumon tho
  • the found family stuck together vibes too strong
  • mark s too nice too hate
  • the motivation for the department head to keep the newbie in line is based on kindness/protectiveness
  • and the un-severed lumon employees' motivations based on cruelty and punishment
  • etc etc etc
  • technically not a ship fic but could defiantly be read as such
  • like this is helly right before she started liking him as more of a friend of uncontrollable circumstances
  • so like pre-ship

  Summary

  If Dylan’s coping method was perks and Irving's religion, then Mark’s was other people. Their lives at Lumon were supposed to revolve around the ‘mysterious and important’ work and serving Kier, but for Mark, his life revolved around the people around him.

  All of the anger she had felt, for the first while of her life, had been directed at Mark. It wasn’t until she was sent to the Break Room for the first time that she found that she had no more anger left for him. It was redirected towards the people truly responsible for her suffering, and all that was left for Mark was pity.

  ~~~~~~~

  aka, Helly reflecting on her shifting feelings for Mark, from her first memories ever to her first time in the Break Room.

  Set approximately after season 1 ep 5

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  1,428

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  6

  Kudos:

  46

  Bookmarks:

  4

  Hits:

  284

• Mystery Work

  Part of Severance

  Summary

  This is part of an ongoing challenge and will be revealed soon!