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Lantern light flickers across the square, music drifts through the night air, and Aubrey refuses to let Sunny stand still.
Somewhere between the dancing crowds and quiet starlight, he starts to learn how to be a little less proper.
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Basil spends the afternoon sitting comfortably on the porch listening to music.
What follows is a soft music, a spring breeze, light teasing, and the simple joy of choosing each other.
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- Part 11 of The Quiet After
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"Dreamer... Dreamer..."
Sunny wakes up to someone impossible standing in his bedroom. Someone familiar, but that shouldn't be.
Somehow, Stranger now exists outside Headspace — as his own person.
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Sunny hears a knock on the door late at night.
Strange, he wasn't expecting anyone. Especially not at...10:30. Who'd be knocking this late in the evening?
Aubrey, apparently — looking for a place to spend the night. He was happy to oblige.
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Sunny is balled up on the couch after their heating broke during a winter storm.
What follows is several blankets, hot tea, shared space, and warmth that has nothing to do with the weather.
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- Part 10 of The Quiet After
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Basil was glad to see Sunny leave the house again. But Sunny left him again. Alone.
Aubrey's still bullying him.
And now the one thing he had to hold on to — his grandmother — left him too.What was the point of it all? What did he spend those four years in misery for anyway?
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Sunny starts visiting the flower shop on his walks home.
At first, he only looks. Then he stays. Then he helps.
Flowers are easier than words, and Basil seems to understand the language anyway.
Some feelings don’t need to be said out loud—they just need to be kept.
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Sunny and Basil take an evening stroll through the park — surrounded by fireflies.
What follows is glowing moments, quiet observation, soft longing, and being sure that things will come back.
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- Part 9 of The Quiet After
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Sunny and Basil sit on the floor and fold some laundry together.
What follows is soft silence, awkward moments, a mutual confession, and choosing to share a life together.
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- Part 8 of The Quiet After
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Basil enjoys a lazy Sunday morning on the couch with Sunny.
What follows is soft comfort, easy silence, a sudden question, and learning that what you want matters.
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- Part 7 of The Quiet After
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Aubrey gets violent — just how Sunny likes it.
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Sunny finally works up the courage to confess, and nothing goes the way he expects — in both the best and worst ways.
Relationships shift, things change. Sunny, Aubrey, and Basil struggle with growing up, growing closer, and growing apart.
I’m bad at summaries so hopefully that’s good enough lol.
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- Part 1 of The Sun Will Shine
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Sunny is curious about something new, something only Aubrey can help with.
Aubrey is happy to help, and promises not to tell anyone.
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Sunny thought he was getting better.
Aubrey finds him before he falls too far — and reminds him he doesn’t have to carry it alone.
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Aubrey is very persuasive.
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Sunny has spent a lifetime with Basil, sharing every moment, both big and small. From sunlit afternoons in Faraway, to quiet nights in their home surrounded by flowers. Now, decades later, he sits at Basil’s bedside, holding his hand, clinging to every heartbeat.
A lifetime together — beautiful, fleeting, and never long enough.
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Sunny and Basil's plans were washed out by the rain, leaving them stuck at home.
What follows is wistful daydreaming, hot tea, a soft blanket, and a warm shoulder to lean on.
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- Part 6 of The Quiet After
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A series of unconnected drabbles for Omori.
Each one will be written from a single word prompt.
Maybe sometimes I'll take suggestions! No promises though.
I'll also probably keep the tags minimal — adding characters when they appear, but probably nothing beyond that.
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The sun dips low over the ocean, and the world grows quiet.
Basil finds Sunny waiting by the shore — and for a little while, nothing else exists.
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Sunny comes home after a long day and finds Basil waiting on the couch.
What follows is shared space, tickling, gentle reassurance, and a moment both wish would never end.
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- Part 5 of The Quiet After