Oh Little Luke, you're not so Little anymore
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Oh darling, you're not a burden but a beauty by DarkValleyStranger
Fandoms: Shoot From The Hip RPF
12 Nov 2025
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Luke Manning was consistently referred to as the bright one, the short one, the member with the most infectious laugh and the most glamorous hairstyles. He was the one who lived in Spain with his girlfriend Paloma.
But that was a different universe.
Because you see in this universe, he was the one who harboured feelings for not only a man, but a man who was one of his best friends.
Because in *this* universe, he had sunk into a pit full of ugly black shadows with tendrils that wrapped around him and pulled him in like quicksand; and his fingers were barely breaching the surface as they searched for a saviour.
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Luke *wants* to be better. He's working to be better. But he can't help the feeling of being a burden to those around him who want to help him be better.
How does one let help in when one's spent so long helping himself?
He wants to believe they're helping but the him in his mind is too much, too loud, too *persuasive* and it's getting harder and harder to ignore it, to not drip himself dry but dammit he *wants* to get better.
Right?
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