Angsty Rick and Morty AU set after Diane Sanchez’s resurrection and the quiet displacement of Y/N, Rick’s long-term partner. Rick and Y/N were together for two years in a survival-based, emotionally interdependent relationship. Y/N was Rick’s equal and stabilizer, not an idealized romance. Diane’s return destabilizes the family and reopens unresolved grief. This is an ongoing emotional crisis, not a resolved event—but the narrative must ultimately lead to a hard-won happy ending, earned through