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Before the Distance Between Us Was Measured in Miles by readingwritingsucessingwinning
Fandoms: Dispatch (Video Game)
26 Feb 2026
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Flambert Sandbox Love to Obsession AU
Before he was Mecha Man, before the Z-Team and the Phoenix Program, Robert Robertson III was just a lonely eight-year-old prodigy living in the shadow of his famous father—and the only person who saw him as anything other than the hero's son was Zahir, the Afghan boy from next door who introduced himself as "Chad" at school but whispered his real name through a hole in the fence. Their childhood friendship deepens into first love, until tragedy tears them apart. Years later, the Phoenix Program forces them together again and to confront the decade of pain, love, and secrets that brought them to this moment.