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   there's a light that shines forever by thenovicedrabbler

   Fandoms: Actor RPF, My Own Private Idaho (1991) RPF  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   21 Dec 2024

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • River Phoenix/Keanu Reeves
   • River Phoenix
   • Keanu Reeves
   • POV Second Person
   • Falling In Love
   • Implied Sexual Content
   • nothing graphic
   • Discussion of Death
   • Again Not Graphic
   • My Own Private Idaho References
   • Implied/Referenced Drug Use
   • Underage Drinking
   • this is more of a love letter to river phoenix than anything else
   • a lot of inspiration from richard siken
   • POV Keanu Reeves

   Summary

   It’s the spring of 1989 when you meet him, but you’ve known of him for far longer.
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   “I’m River,” he says, so simply, so soft; and it is simple, and soft, with him. Or so you learn.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   7,310

   Chapters:

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   Comments:

   7

   Kudos:

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