The Walker House Series
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The Walker House by LavenderBeforeSunset
Fandoms: The Long Walk (Movie 2025), The Long Walk - Richard Bachman
25 Oct 2025
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There were 8 boys who lived in the old frat house on Walker Road.
The house itself was technically no longer a frat house. The fraternity that once resided in it found a new house, and the Greek letters had been taken off the building long ago. The house had sat empty for years, until finally the owner decided to clean it up and rent out the rooms.
In which the boys all live in an old frat house together for college.
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- Part 1 of The Walker House Series
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Phone Calls by LavenderBeforeSunset
Fandoms: The Long Walk (Movie 2025), The Long Walk - Richard Bachman
27 Oct 2025
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Garraty had an agreement with his mother that he’d call once a week.
Usually, it was on Friday mornings, and he’d find a quiet spot in or around the house to have this call with his mother. He’d made the mistake of making the call in front of some of the boys once, who all proceeded to get into a very loud debate about which drink gets you drunk better. Olson even tried to rope Mrs. Garraty herself into the debate.
A series of phone calls for The Walker Boys
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- Part 2 of The Walker House Series
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Halloween Snapshots by LavenderBeforeSunset
Fandoms: The Long Walk (Movie 2025), The Long Walk - Richard Bachman
30 Oct 2025
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Barkovitch loved taking photos at parties, and the best kind of party to take photos at was a Halloween party.
There weren’t many other situations where you could get photos of a Marilyn Monroe making out with a zombie, or a William Shakespeare taking shots, or a Jason Voorhees passed out on the couch.
So when The Walker Boys were invited to a frat house’s Halloween party, Barkovitch jumped at the chance to bring his camera with.
The Walker Boys (plus Clementine) attend a Halloween Party.
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- Part 3 of The Walker House Series
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Apologies are in Order by LavenderBeforeSunset
Fandoms: The Long Walk (Movie 2025), The Long Walk - Richard Bachman
05 Nov 2025
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The boys all pull a prank on Barkovitch, who stops cooking for the house as a result. He won't cook again until everyone has apologized to him, and Olson refuses to apologize
The text conversations convincing Olson to apologize, for the sake of everyone's stomachs. From the perspective of Art Baker's phone.
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- Part 4 of The Walker House Series
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Sober Secrets are Drunk Confessions by LavenderBeforeSunset
Fandoms: The Long Walk (Movie 2025), The Long Walk - Richard Bachman
09 Nov 2025
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There was an American History professor on campus who everyone, on-campus and off-campus, knew as The Major.
The Major used to be in the army. The Major came from generational wealth, and was probably the richest man in town. The Major had a wife and a dog.
The Major was a major asshole.
And Billy Stebbins was his bastard.
In which a drunk Stebbins confesses a family secret.
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- Part 5 of The Walker House Series
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Portfolio of Memories by LavenderBeforeSunset
Fandoms: The Long Walk (Movie 2025), The Long Walk - Richard Bachman
15 Nov 2025
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Barkovitch had a natural eye for photography.
He didn’t pay much attention to the so-called rules of the craft, often making his pieces based off vibes and simply what looked and felt right. That philosophy hadn’t failed him so far, he was doing good in all his photography-related classes.
But this next assignment had him a little stumped.
In which a photography assignment reminds Barkovitch of some childhood memories.
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- Part 6 of The Walker House Series
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Homesickness by LavenderBeforeSunset
Fandoms: The Long Walk (Movie 2025), The Long Walk - Richard Bachman
19 Nov 2025
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Collie Parker, despite having only gone there once in his life, hates Maine.
California was trying to give Maine a run for its money.
In which Collie Parker is homesick.
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- Part 7 of The Walker House Series
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Peter McVries Gets One Off by LavenderBeforeSunset
Fandoms: The Long Walk (Movie 2025), The Long Walk - Richard Bachman
21 Nov 2025
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The Walker House had some odd things about it. Some you could try and explain away as it being a former frat house. Some, you simply had to question the decisions of whoever designed it.
But it has its own goddamn laundry room. After a school year of having to use the dorms pay-per-use laundry machines, none of the boys would ever complain about the Walker House laundry room.
In which Stebbins catches McVries in a compromising position with one of his shirts.
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- Part 8 of The Walker House Series
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Christmas Break by LavenderBeforeSunset
Fandoms: The Long Walk (Movie 2025), The Long Walk - Richard Bachman
21 Dec 2025
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Stebbins wouldn’t consider himself a stress eater if you asked, but anyone who took a look at his room after Finals and saw the mess of empty redbull cans and food wrappers would know otherwise.
It was 11 am, and almost everyone in The Walker House was either still asleep or only just now starting to wake up. The day prior was the last day of Finals week, and all the boys were well and properly crashed out. Stebbins would bet money that some of them would be asleep all day, particularly Harkness if he had to pick.
In which the boys go home for Christmas Break.
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- Part 9 of The Walker House Series
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An Unexpected Call by LavenderBeforeSunset
Fandoms: The Long Walk (Movie 2025), The Long Walk - Richard Bachman
26 Nov 2025
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No one had seen Barkovitch around the house for three days.
Normally, this would be somewhat concerning. However, Barkovitch claimed that he was visiting some relatives before he left, so the other boys paid the absence no mind. Even when Monday classes rolled around and Barkovitch was a no-show for all of his. Dude could skip his classes if he wanted to.
It didn’t occur to anyone that any relative of Barkovitch’s would be in Florida, states away from their campus.
In which Collie Parker discovers from a phone call that Barkovitch has been put in a psych ward.
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- Part 10 of The Walker House Series
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On the Spectrum by LavenderBeforeSunset
Fandoms: The Long Walk (Movie 2025), The Long Walk - Richard Bachman
31 Dec 2025
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Harkness had been meaning to take the test for a while now, just out of curiosity.
He’d assumed for a while now that he might be autistic, but it wasn’t something he’d done much digging on yet. There was always something more important going on, so the idea just hung out on the back burner for a few years.
But now, he had a moment of free time (AKA He was procrastinating on a paper), and had stumbled upon the RAADS-R Autism Self-Diagnosis test once again. Why not take it now? Hell, better yet, why not drag his roommates into taking it with him?
In which the boys decide to see who may or may not have autism.
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- Part 11 of The Walker House Series
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Never Have I Ever by LavenderBeforeSunset
Fandoms: The Long Walk (Movie 2025), The Long Walk - Richard Bachman
02 Jan 2026
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Garraty was hanging out with Stebbins, if you counted both of them sitting on the couch while Garraty watched a movie and Stebbins worked on an essay as ‘hanging out’. Which he did.
The movie was just nearing its end, when Olson came into the room, wallet in hand. “Stebbins— If I give you money for it will you go to the store and get us some vodka?”
Stebbins turned his head towards Olson slightly, though his eyes staying on his computer screen, “What’s the vodka for?”
“I wanna play a drinking game tonight.”
In which the boys play Never Have I Ever
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- Part 12 of The Walker House Series
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There's a Bear in The House by LavenderBeforeSunset
Fandoms: The Long Walk (Movie 2025), The Long Walk - Richard Bachman
22 Feb 2026
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If you asked Collie Parker when his biggest heartbreak was, he’d say the January of his 18th year, when his childhood dog died.
In which Collie finds a stray dog and smuggles him into the Walker House.
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- Part 13 of The Walker House Series
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Allergies by LavenderBeforeSunset
Fandoms: The Long Walk (Movie 2025), The Long Walk - Richard Bachman
18 Aug 2026
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Stebbins had seasonal allergies. They were annoying, but tolerable with allergy meds.
But allergy meds were, frankly, a pretty penny. So when spring rolled around and his allergies started acting up, Stebbins decided to just tough through them instead of wasting money on them. It was fine, they were just allergies.
In which Stebbins contracts Pneumonia
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- Part 15 of The Walker House Series
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The Walker House - Headcanons by LavenderBeforeSunset
Fandoms: The Long Walk (Movie 2025), The Long Walk - Richard Bachman
28 Dec 2025
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A compilation of headcanons for The Walker House series - A The Long Walk Modern College AU
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- Part 16 of The Walker House Series