History WebOriginal / WhatHappensWhenTheStarsGoOut

* FlowersOfRomance: Brian tries to patch things up with Robin by brining her flowers. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, she's already dead by that point]].

Read it [[https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/6ws8rk/what_happens_when_the_stars_go_out/ here]]. Alternativley, listen to {{Podcast/The Nosleep Podcast}}'s adaption [[https://www.thenosleeppodcast.com/episodes/s10/10x12vd here]], which was nominated for the Best Short Form Audio Drama award at the 2018 Parsec Awards.

* FourthDateMarriage: A pair of Brian and Robin's friends get married even though they've only known each other for year. [[spoiler: It's Brian's controversial opinions on this matter that later causes Robin to break up with him]].

* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: Brian's dad is deeply religious, Brian himself is not. This is a major reason why they haven't spoke to each other in a while.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Robin perishes in a car accident and Brian loses the girl he loved most. However, he was able to see her in the afterlife and ends the story with a newfound determination for life]].

* FourthDateMarraige: A pair of Brian and Robin's friends get married even though they've only known each other for year. [[spoiler: It's Brian's controversial opinions on this matter that later causes Robin to break up with him]].

* ItsAWonderfulPlot: [[spoiler: In the afterlife, Brian sees the many different ways his life could go depending how he decides to take Robin's death]].

* ItsAWonderfulPlot: [[spoiler: In the afterlife, Brian many different ways his life could go depending how he decides to take Robin's death]].

* WeReallyDoCare: [[spoiler: In the afterlife, Robin]] shows Brian all the people that love and care about him in his life. His roommate Dylan calls the ambulance when he discovers his body and sits with him on the way to the hospital. Rachel, one of the EMt's, becomes determined to save his life. His father, whom he hasn't really been on good terms with in years, is bawling in his car and praying that his son will be okay.

* WeReallyDoCare: [[spoiler: In the afterlife, Robin]] shows Brian all the people that love and care about him in his life. His roommate Dylan calls the ambulance when he discovers his body and sits with him on the way to the hospital. Rachel, one of the EMt's, becomes determined to save his life. His father, whom he hasn't really been on good terms with in years, is bawling in his car and praying that his son will be okay]].

* LoveAtFirstSight: Rachel, one of the EMTs that try to save Brian, ends up falling in love with him while he's passed out. [[spoiler: In that afterlife, Robin shows him what his life will be like if he decides to marry her]].

It takes the form of a [[AnachronicOrder non-linear narrative]] in which our protagonist, Brian, meets and falls in love with Robin, and the fateful night that would change their lives and relationship forever. It contains themes such as the nature of love, acceptance of death, and how people react to drastic changes in their lives.

It has been noted for one of the few {{Creepypasta}}s that is not intended to frighten the audience but rather present them with a melancholic tale of doomed love [[BittersweetEnding that still manages to have a hopeful ending]].

* RapidFireNo: Uttered by Brian after finding out that [[spoiler: the car crash he sees on the road involved Robin]].

* BungledSuicide: Brian tries to kill himself by overdosing on sleeping pills after [[spoiler: finding out Robin died in the car accident]]. It doesn't work and he wakes up in the hospital at the end of the story.

It takes the form of a [[AnachronicOrder non-linear narrative]] in which our protagonist, Brian, meets and falls in love with Robin, and the fateful night that would change their lives and relationships forever.

It has been noted for one of the few {{Creepypasta}}s that is not intended to frighten the audience but rather present them with a melancholic tale of doomed love [[BittersweetEnding that still manages to have a hopeful ending]].