#olivergraham

A TMA commission for @lonelyluddy on insta :-D

Please note, this is absolutely based on my own hcs and while I have tried to fit it around the dates/events that we are given in tma canon, I have had to tweak and change things a little to make it all fit and make sense. Therefore none of this is canon, it’s just my own ideas and imagination and what made sense to me. So here goes.

Late 2000 - Oliver Banks and Graham Folger meet in Oxford and start dating. Oliver is working after having left his degree programme (he completed his first year in economics and was a high-achieving student, but left due to issues of racism in the department.) Graham has just started studying for a PhD.

Early 2001 - Graham first spots the web-table in a second-hand store in Oxford. He is intrigued but does not purchase it. He shows it to Oliver, who hates the table on sight, although he can’t explain why. 

Aug 2001 - Graham’s parents die in a car crash. (*MAG 3*)

Late 2001 - Graham suddenly leaves his PhD programme. Around this time he also goes back to purchase the web-table. 

Jan 2002 - Graham leaves Oxford and moves into his parent’s flat in London. The web-table goes into storage, while Graham hopes to research it and figure out how it can be restored. 

He and Oliver continue their relationship, meeting up on weekends and their days off. 

Mid 2002 - Graham begins to take night classes as an attempt to entertain himself and to try and meet new people, much to Oliver’s relief. 

2003 - Graham’s mood improves and he begins to feel better, although he sometimes feels like he is being followed. Oliver and him are going steady. 

Late 2004 - Graham persuades Oliver to consider going back to finish his undergraduate degree. Oliver applies to a number of universities, mostly in and around London. 

July 2005 - While getting the flat ready for Oliver’s arrival, Graham goes through the things he has in storage and comes across the web-table. He has it moved into the flat. 

Aug 2005 - Oliver moves in with Graham after being accepted to study economics at the LSE (*MAG 11 - I lived in London for almost a decade now*). He is granted permission to begin from the second year due to his previous study (*yeah I know it’s not the most believable, but the LSE do let you do this - I checked, and it’s the best way to get the dates to work properly.*) 

Sept 2005 - Oliver begins studying at the LSE. Graham is quickly becoming obsessed with researching and restoring the web-table, spending great amounts of time and money on it, which begins to put strain on his relationship with Oliver. 

Oct 2005 - Oliver and Graham argue about the web-table. Graham refuses to move it/get rid of it. 

Dec 2005 - Graham has his first close-encounter with the Not-Them and realises that something is coming for him. He becomes more and more paranoid. Oliver tries to help, but whatever he does only seems to make things worse. 

Early Jan 2006 - before Amy Patel gets concussed outside Graham’s flat - Oliver decides to move out to give Graham some space in the hopes it will save their relationship. It’s not long before Graham realises that not having another person around makes him more vulnerable, but he is also unwilling to ask Oliver back in case it puts him at risk. 

Late Jan 2006 - Amy Patel is attacked outside Graham’s flat (*MAG 3*) 

April 2006 - Graham is killed and replaced by the Not-Them (*MAG 3*)

Mid 2006 - Oliver moves back in with Not-Graham over the summer break, and is glad to see his boyfriend is no longer paranoid. Oliver completes an intern programme at Barclays. 

Late 2006 - Oliver and Not-Graham’s relationship is struggling. Oliver can’t place what it is exactly, but something just feels off. 

June 2007 - Oliver graduates and ends up with a job at Barclays in the City. (*MAG 11*)

Aug 2007 - (*MAG 3 post statement notes - I’m taking a bit of a liberty with ‘early 2007′ I know, but this just fits better*) Oliver and Not-Graham’s relationship breaks down completely and Oliver moves out of the apartment. His mental health begins to deteriorate. 

Early 2008 - Oliver has a dramatic and very public breakdown due to stress and is forced to leave his job. He can no longer afford the small flat he’s been renting on his own and so he ends up sofa-surfing. (*Again, in  MAG 11 he does say he barely made a year, but again it just didn’t fit quite well enough to match with the whole death-dreams for nearly 8 years - also this way he still sees the new year with the company which maybe could count??*)

He begins to have dreams that predict others deaths. 

Dec 2014 - Oliver has a dream where he sees his father. His father passes away 10 days later. (*MAG11*)