settle down 'verse
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That was the time he stopped believing in Santa Claus: when he was four years old and he spotted his parents putting presents beneath their tiny little Christmas tree in the middle of the night, stringed Christmas lights flickering and illuminating their silhouettes.
He stopped believing in the good in people when he was seven: the parents he’d earlier resented for lying to him about Santa Claus died in an accident when their car veered off into a ravine at three in the morning on a Tuesday night.
(or: a character study on keith, based on a simple writing prompt.)
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- Part 1 of settle down 'verse
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“What’s your name?" he asked. "I’m Hunk. Well, I mean… that’s not my real name, but it’s what everyone calls me. Nicknames kind of just stick, you know?”
“I’m Keith,” he said, and it dimly registered in the back of his mind that it was the first time he’d said his name in a way that also wasn’t simultaneously outing himself. For all anyone else knew, Keith was the name his parents gave him, and his male-ness was an unquestioned fact. (He didn’t smile at this thought, though it took considerably more effort than usual to keep it from showing on his face.)
(or: the 20th enemies to friends to lovers fic you've seen today)
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- Part 2 of settle down 'verse