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• Strangers by strider_cestuous

  Fandoms: Homestuck  

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

  13 Sep 2025

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Dave Strider/Dirk Strider
  • Dave Strider
  • Dirk Strider
  • Post-Sburb
  • POV Dave Strider
  • POV Dirk Strider
  • God Tier
  • Stridercest - Freeform
  • Slow Burn
  • Emotional Repression
  • Domestic tension
  • Mutual Pining
  • dreamlike atmosphere
  • Silent Yearning
  • Angst with a Hopeful Ending
  • Coffee as a metaphor
  • Emotional Distance
  • Small Touches Big Meaning
  • Striders Being Awkward
  • Longing
  • Late Night Conversations
  • soft moments
  • Fluff
  • Eventual Romance
  • Eventual Smut
  • They Don't Know How to Talk About It (But They're Trying)
  • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
  • Awkward Dirk Strider
  • quiet intimacy
  • Brotherly Affection
  • Dave Strider is Confused
  • Nightmares
  • Mentions of Bro Strider - Freeform
  • rebuilding relationships
  • Enmeshment
  • emotional incest
  • Cohabitation
  • no beta we die like BRO
  • Idiots in Love
  • literally shut the fuck up if you disagree

  Summary

  "Don't talk to strangers or you might fall in love / With my memory restricted to a polaroid in evidence"

  Or:
  Dirk keeps avoiding Dave like touching him might break something, and Dave’s tired of pretending that doesn’t matter.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  15,938

  Chapters:

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