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   Stars The Same As Ever by ohhgingersnaps

   Fandoms: Stardew Valley (Video Game)  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   29 Oct 2025

   Tags

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   • Sebastian/Female Player (Stardew Valley)
   • Maru/Sam (Stardew Valley)
   • Sam & Sebastian (Stardew Valley)
   • Maru & Sebastian (Stardew Valley)
   • Sebastian (Stardew Valley)
   • Maru (Stardew Valley)
   • Sam (Stardew Valley)
   • Mountain Family Ensemble (Stardew Valley)
   • Abigail (Stardew Valley)
   • Elliott (Stardew Valley)
   • Hallmark AU
   • Fake Dating
   • Sebastian has Social Anxiety (Stardew Valley)
   • Farmer Has Burnout
   • this is a vehicle for holiday fluff but ALSO a vehicle for my TED talk about the mountain family
   • let seb and maru have a good sibling relationship 2k24
   • Demetrius is trying his best
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • like there's a lot of humor and fluff but there's also some Holiday Angst in here too

   Summary

   Big-city programmer Sebastian is home for Winter Star, and Pelican Town has changed since he left. Abby is married. Sam’s band has an obnoxiously friendly new keyboardist. Maru is clearly keeping a big secret from their parents, not that he cares.

   In an effort to avoid hanging out with a family he doesn't mesh with and a friend group he no longer feels secure in, he proposes an arrangement with Ava (local farmer, town hero, and overcommitted disaster): He'll help out on the farm to avoid his social commitments, and she'll get an extra hand with her overwhelming list of holiday tasks. Buckle up for a Hallmark-inspired Stardew fic, complete with accidental fake dating, holiday angst, and plenty of humor and fluff!

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