Greedy, mean, bossy, careless, disrespectful, rude, narcissistic... That's all everyone has been saying about him, and she never heard otherwise. All these words were running through her head as she was on her way to apply for his secretary. The salary of Onceler's secretary was her only hope at the moment. Despite knowing that his secretaries never lasted long, she was determined to prove him wrong. She couldn't afford not to. With her life already crumbling, she was ready for a change. Even if it meant working for the most annoying and obnoxious person she had ever encountered. But how bad could it possibly be, right? This book contains smut.

Once-ler's dream of biggering his thneed business soon turns into a nightmare when he finds himself being haunted by visions of his sinister alter-ego, the Greed-ler, a dark manifestation of his own ambitions. As Once-ler's business continues to grow, so do his feelings of stress and guilt, and Once-ler begins to question himself and his sanity as Greed-ler continuously appears to him through various hallucinations and nightmares. Forever fueled by the relentless desire for more, Greed-ler is determined to manipulate Once-ler through these illusions in order to take over his mind and make their shared dreams a reality. OR The story of how the Once-ler became the Greed-ler. Follows Once-ler during his first year or so of Thneed Inc's operation, as Once-ler struggles with biggering his business, his family, the Lorax, and his own greed. With the latter taking the form of an evil doppelganger named the Greed-ler that frequently tries to influence and control Once-ler through hallucinations and nightmares. Also includes a link to a playlist. See external link below page 1

Y/N tries to get the Once-ler to stop chopping down the trees and he comes up with a deal instead. this fic uses gender neutral pronouns so ya it's pretty much been abandoned. other fics are on my AO3- stringworm_the_second