messed up forever

rating: Teen pairing: aaron dingle/robert sugden word count: 6500 summary:

Robert has taken to moving around the village like a ghost who’s afraid of taking up too much space as he haunts. Given the spectacle he’d been making of himself even as recently as a couple of weeks ago, it’s a concerning U-turn.  Robert isn't as okay as he seems in summer 2025. Aaron is determined to get to the bottom of why that is.

"You know this girl, sir?" "For my sins," Robert grumbles, placing his hands on his hips, "Yes, I do, she's my-" "He's my dad," Liv says, suddenly, looking back at the officer. "You said you wanted to take me down to the station to call my parents, well, there's no need now, because he's my dad and he's here, so." "Is that right?" the officer sneers at her, the grip on her wrist not loosening at all, and Robert reacts before he thinks it through. "It is, actually," he says, stepping closer to the two and letting the frustration of the morning seep in to his voice, "and I'd love to know what the hell you think you're doing manhandling my daughter like that?" Liv learns to rely on Robert

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So, @jcforsapphics tagged me as always, and the poll results were the pitt, so here is another snippet from this fanfic, who now has a name: Empty Vault.

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robert/aaron, 27.9k words, explicit

"Aaron, I feel like this is perhaps indicative of a much larger issue." Mackenzie says. Which is a stupid thing to say. Aaron hates him. "What the hell are you talking about?" "Well, I mean, people don't cheat unless there's something wrong in their relationship. Maybe John isn't satisfying you, or—" "Oh my god will you please shut up." "You're the one who asked me for advice." He's at the farm again. On Robert's day off. Mackenzie's in his overalls fixing some fence, had listened rather politely actually while Aaron ranted at him about what an idiot he's been. As much as he hates Mackenzie's input, he's glad to have someone he can talk to about everything. "Aaron, you've got to stop asking me what I think if you're just going to ignore everything I say anyway." Aaron gives him a look. "No I don't."