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If You Love Me, Keep It to Yourself by VicodinComrade01
Fandoms: The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch (2019)
09 Mar 2026
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Theo moves to Vegas, and meeting Boris there will become the first step toward his decade-long problem of drug abuse and art theft. But he couldn't help but remember him fondly, regardless, because of the unlikely bond they had shared that Theo could not obtain with anyone else, no matter how much he tried. When Theo's father dies, being on the run with him will cement that bond even further while they're forced to share four walls in a dirty motel room and live off whatever food scraps they can find, and try to make ends meet together. Theo abandons him when he grows sick of waiting for a promise of a better life that Boris was unable to provide for them, and they go their separate ways without knowing of one another for 12 whole years. When all is mended with the painting, post canon Theo tries his best to navigate life with the terrible coping mechanisms he has relied on over the years, and loneliness after calling off his engagement with Kitsey. A loneliness that Boris will help him fix