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Sometimes, Gabe wonders what he would be like if he was alive. He wants to know if he would play football and live for Friday nights and his coach would clap him on the shoulder and say, “You’ve got quite the young man here,” to Dad. Or maybe he would be in theater, and Natalie would be embarrassed and proud to come see him perform. He could be in marching band. He’d like to learn to play an instrument, like Natalie.
But he’s not alive, and he doesn’t play football or an instrument. He doesn’t act or sing on stage. Dad has never patted him on the back after a job well-done and said, “That’s my boy.” Natalie hasn’t rolled her eyes and yelled at him for embarrassing her in front of her friends.
It’s okay, though. He has Mom. Mom, who loves him and sings on his birthday and says his name. Gabe doesn’t think he could ever love anyone as much as he loves Mom, but maybe he’d know how to if he was alive.
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It takes 35 days for him to fall in love with her and 56 days for everything to go to utter shit. — gabe/natalie
OR, if Gabe was neither dead nor her brother.
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Natalie has a fight with Henry and Gabe steps in to try and comfort her. Gabe isn't evil, he is just an idiot teenage boy who has made mistakes. Please read, better than it sounds.
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Christmas with the Goodmans by aparticularbandit for natalie_goodman
Fandoms: Next to Normal - Kitt/Yorkey
02 Dec 2023
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A snapshot of Christmases with the Goodmans over the years, told from Diana's point of view.
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- Part 2 of Winter Fics 2023
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“If she was okay, she would have never left.”
Dan sighs again, pinching the bridge of his nose. “I’d rather not do this now.”
In fact, he’d rather not do this ever. From the moment Diana left, his son had been making his presence known. Dan could usually get through most of the week without seeing him, ignoring Gabriel like he had been for so many years. But Diana’s departure had taken a toll on the entire family--dead son included.Post canon. Diana is gone. Dan and Gabe discuss life as they know it.