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• SBTS: Season 1- Beginnings by xSilentxNightx

  Fandoms: Psych (TV 2006)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Gen
  • Work in Progress

  13 Mar 2025

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Shawn Spencer
  • Burton "Gus" Guster
  • Carlton Lassiter
  • Karen Vick
  • Juliet O'Hara
  • Original Characters
  • Lucinda Barry
  • Henry Spencer (Psych TV 2006)
  • Psych characters
  • Mystery
  • Humor
  • Crimes & Criminals
  • Action
  • Secret Past
  • Hidden Talents
  • Slow Build
  • Moral Dilemmas
  • Hidden education
  • Morally gray character
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
  • Genius Shawn Spencer
  • Shawn spencer has morals ( kind of)
  • Sarcasm
  • Shawn Spencer’s double life
  • Past life intrigue
  • Shawn spencer on "vacation"
  • De-Aged Characters
  • really slow build
  • No Psychic Shawn
  • Many of the tags will make more sense later
  • Timeline Shift (Because Shawn Said So)

  Summary

  Shawn Spencer returns to Santa Barbara for what he calls a "vacation," bringing his knack for solving crimes and his signature playful charm. But behind the facade lies a life far from ordinary—a past he keeps hidden, even as the cracks begin to show.

   

  Hi! This is my first fanfiction, and I’m excited to share this Psych story with you Feedback is always appreciated!

  Series

  • Part 1 of Shadows beneath the smile

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  148,052

  Chapters:

  84/?

  Comments:

  16

  Kudos:

  39

  Bookmarks:

  5

  Hits:

  1,734