Woman Up

Thanks @nerdyfangirl76, @jackiemerrick, @barnbert and @stuckinanothertimezone

Gonna start posting my sentences sparingly haha. I gotta leave some stuff for the actual posting of the story lmfao. Progress is slow but i'm getting theeeeere!!

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A wave of apprehension washes over him, a familiar dread that has clung to him for years. He can feel the weight of the bridge from where he watched the funeral, pressing down on his shoulders more than it has in years. The grave is also weathered, adorned by another bouquet of flowers sitting pride of place, but not by him. He walks towards it, but he doesn't kneel in front of it. Instead he just stands there, his hands held staunchly inside his leather jacket as he swallows down all the regret, and residual anger and mourning that swells together inside his chest like some weird amalgamation of feeling.

"Good to see you, Dad," he says. Because it's true. But it's also a lie. He doesn't know where the truth ends and the lie begins.

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Not who has or hasn't posted yet as I've been at work, so sorry if you're double tagged or already shared something. It just means extra love for you lmao!!

Thank you for tagging me @barnbert ! It’s still technically Wednesday here so I’m posting a bit of my Forgot My Invitation fic, even though it’s well past the event days:

“Oh, I see it now.” Robert’s tone is that of a hissing snake, “You’re jealous.”

“Am not.”

Robert laughs. Not his actual laugh, the unrestrained one that leaves him curling in on himself and the sound coming from deep within his gut, no— the taunting one. The that’s not what your mum said last night one. The bet you I can one that Robert wields as a personal weapon, always pretending that he’s got the upper hand.

“Oh, this— this is pathetic, Aaron,” And, well, fuck Robert is kind of beautiful when he’s being a massive prick, “What, I’m not giving you enough attention?”

Aaron burns, a blush across his cheeks; Robert smiles, cocky and cruel.

“You in love with me or summat?”

So Aaron punches him again, and Robert doesn’t accept the peace offering after.

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They don’t speak for a month, then two. Then three. And Aaron watches as he gets replaced with the curly haired Max King.