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• War in June, Love be Heavy Soon by BisexualFARTGoalsPlanner

  Fandoms: The Lottery - Shirley Jackson  

  • Not Rated
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  14 May 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Old Man Warner/Original Character
  • Old Man Warner (The Lottery)
  • Original Male Character(s)
  • Original Female Character(s)
  • Original Child Character(s)
  • David Zanini (Original Character)
  • As in the one in the relationship
  • Marthe Warner (original character)
  • I hate my wife final boss
  • She's not all that relevant to the story
  • she is but i dont want her to be
  • warners wife btw
  • but hes gay
  • They have two children
  • not really mentioned tho it's fine
  • warner is kind of a nazi
  • david is kind of a jew
  • actually fully a jew
  • its not as relevant as you may think
  • Prequel
  • Old man warner is young (ish)
  • his name is Bartholomew
  • we call him barty
  • Gay Soldiers
  • Flashbacks
  • gay idiots
  • susiciasld idiot
  • i dont know how war works
  • longing (gooning) stares
  • Angst
  • Like so much angst
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Hurt No Comfort
  • you thought the i hate my wife tag was for warner? get ready for david and carol
  • gay men crying
  • sad bisexual wife planner
  • i love carol but david doesnt so i have to say she's annoying
  • this man is a horrible husband
  • failing marriage
  • supermarket
  • too many metaphores because david is a metawhore
  • genuinly he is too poetic
  • bet you thought david would be fun
  • Oh wait
  • Carol Zanini (original character)
  • author is in love with carol
  • CAROLD MARRY ME INSTEAD YOUD BE HAPPIER
  • even more longing (gooning) stares
  • but they're even more depressing
  • sometimes david needs to stfu
  • long walks to avoid fatherly responsibilities
  • absent father lowkirkentaperfadejewenly
  • More late night walking
  • yeah i know
  • I’m sick of them too
  • I let Warner be gay with his descriptions this time
  • Denial of the gay allegations
  • Barty you’re not fooling anyone
  • Especially not David
  • Woah the original (child) character tag is finally making an actual appearance!
  • More marthe time because I love her
  • Looked up what rollers they use in the 40s but not what war is like
  • so much gay pining
  • Aw shucks they’re angsty again
  • Healthy marriage?
  • Warner’s actually a good father
  • See David you can be miserable and gay and ALSO a good dad
  • I’m also in love with marthe

  Summary

  After WW2, Warner tried his best to forget the war, forget him, and everything that happened there. But the past keeps bubbling up in unexpected ways, and Warner can’t run from him forever.
  OR
  Warner always wanted to go to Germany... but clearly Germany didn’t want him. If it did, then maybe World War II wouldn’t have started, or maybe he wouldn’t have caught those feelings. Anyway so now he’s married to the wrong person to try and forget everything else. Surely that works, right? RIGHT?!?!?!?!

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  6,763

  Chapters:

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  Comments:

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  Kudos:

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