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January 18th, 1952.
Marvin had.. a bit of trouble, simply making friends through school, unless it was through other friends. Even then, he never got very close with them.
So, as he was suggested, he did the next best option. He picked up the phone and dialed a random number, making sure to jot down every digit just in case. And god, was he grateful that he did.
A boy named Whizzer answered the phone.
Marvin cleared his throat.
“.. hello?” He greeted awkwardly.
“Hey.. sorry, who's this?” Whizzer questioned.
“Uh.. my name's Marvin. I kinda just dialed a random number.”
“Hm. Fair enough… the name's Whizzer.”
“You.. what? Where'd that name come from?” He questioned.
“Uh.. I made it up.” Whizzer admitted.
Instead of an odd reaction as Whizzer was expecting, the information was met with a soft hum.
“Alright then, fair enough.. can't say I blame you. It's not like my name was given to me by birth either.”
A pause.
Marvin spoke.
“So.. what city do you live in?”
“Oh- I live in Brooklyn. New York. And.. you live in..?” Whizzer asked.
Another pause.
“... Omaha.”
“.. and where is that..?”
Marvin couldn't be too surprised by that answer.
“Nebraska.” He answered.
“Mm. Out in the middle of nowhere, got it..” Whizzer teased.
“Uh-huh.. pretty much.” Marvin replied with a soft chuckle.
Marvin was gonna like this guy. He just knew it.
And so, over the months, they talked. Talked about their interests. Sometimes Marvin would even share his writing with Whizzer.. and sometimes it was a bit explicit, but hey. Whizzer liked it.
They talked almost every day, about every possible topic. They even came out to each other.
Because by some form of hypothetical fate, the two were both gay trans men. And one day, they even started telling each other that they loved each other. Which, both viewed as platonic when coming from the other.
Neither knew that they both meant it romantically.
Until a week later.