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A companion piece to The Freedom of Falling, taking place from Will's perspective before he and Mike meet. This story could potentially be read as a stand-alone or an introduction to The Freedom of Falling, but there will be references to the original story throughout.
Heavy themes of abuse and abuse recovery. Read at your own discretion.
It was almost too much to accept and at first, he hadn’t wanted to. It was too much kindness, too much trust, and too much money wasted on him from Steve’s personal savings. He’d tried to decline it, but Steve refused to take the key back and Robin told him to shut up in the most gentle way she knew how to. After all, what were they going to do with the space? They couldn’t use it for storage forever and they both insisted the renovation was better off as an apartment for Will than it was just collecting dust.