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each time (close to knowing)

teen and up audiences | expected ~20k words

"Will sighs again, leaning into Jonathan’s hand slightly and nestling deeper into the pillow, messing up his fringe even more, and that settles it. He looks so peaceful, so blindly faithful that Jonathan is going to take care of him. He can’t risk losing Will’s trust or worse, hurting him somehow, telling him to be something he’s not."

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jonathan is never going to be a kid, and will is never going to fall in love: five times they talked around it and one time they talked about it. set during six sleepovers from 1978-1987.

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did you think jonathan and will’s dynamic in season 5 seemed a little off? not quite what you were expecting? come explore it with me in my first ever multichapter fic! as usual thank you x 500 million to eki @surferboypizza for beta reading and introducing new and angsty elements!