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a/n — CANNOT GET THESE BOYS OUT OF MY BRAIN I LOVE THEM *sobs*… anyway this will take place after the walk but in both universes where they live happily ever after or don’t. sorry guys i had to do it.. a part two will be coming!

warnings — unfortunately, mentions of death. that’s it

i think pete is a huge animal lover so with that being said, bored and living at home in maine, they go ahead and decide to adopt a cat. specifically an orange one, naming it after the one he loves most, ray. this ends with receiving an “are you for real?” look from ray

secretly, he’s flattered but would never admit to that

when restless, pete finds himself writing songs or poems about him. happening more often than he realizes. when asked (usually by ray’s mom) given it’s late at night, he hands her his notebook, asking if ray will like it

the answer is always yes.. which results in pete getting over the nerves eating away at him and sharing them with ray. though out of love, ray cracks a joke and immediately, the notebook vanishes from his hands

leading to their first big fight

ray is the biggest yapper known to man, and even though it gets so bad that pete wants to zone out, he doesn’t. instead, he finds himself fighting the smile on his face, intently listening. every. single. time.

the both of them are VERY clingy and love pda.. more so pete with the public affection. on a whim of following pete absolutely everywhere is how ray got the nickname, shadow. as for pete, he’s big on putting his arm around ray, showering him in tons of love (kisses to be exact, etc)… need to explain more?

ever since coming back from the walk, ray suffers from night terrors. some nights it’s manageable, the others, not so much. the only thing that calms him down is pete. in the way he reassures him by his soft words, or acts of physical touch. ray often wonders why pete still sticks around

raymond the artist garraty. his favorite thing to catch is pete off guard, doing whatever he loves best. however, he doesn’t let his mom or pete see what he draws, protecting his sketchbook with his life.

when it’s baseball season, you just know ray is dragging pete to watch. cozied up on the living room couch

pillows? no. ray uses pete’s chest or arms as one. vice versa

being together for awhile, pete’s ready to propose but nervous about asking ray’s mother. of course, she agrees, giving him a sense of relief. next, is actually planning the proposal, and oh, has he been contemplating this for weeks. scared he’s going to fuck it up somehow

THIS IS WHERE THINGS GET SICK

after ray’s death, it took pete at least a year to visit ray’s mom because of the guilt weighing on him as he blames himself for ray dying. however, she’d be very welcoming since that’s the only piece of ray she has left

when asked why it took so long to visit, he’d look down at his feet, unable to get the words out. she’d reassure that she’s not mad at him, and that he did a good thing by saving ray from potentially dying in front of her

she would even go as far as keeping pete around to stay at the house because it’s too empty with her husband and now, ray, gone