for sam's birthday that i totally was thinking about in advance and definitely did not realize two hours ago, a silly doodle.

Nothing stays the same - Chapters 15 & 16

Overall summary: Sebastian, Sam, and Abigail have been best friends for years, little changing even as they all grew well into adulthood. Much like everyone else of their generation in Pelican Town, they've struggled to get on their feet and find independence, but the familiar comfort and stability of the way things have always been has been good enough for the three of them. After Sebastian and Sam's ex-friend Mallory returns to town after a decade away, however, they begin to wake up from their sleepy status quo and crave more. At least, Sam and Abigail crave more— Sebastian is afraid that change will shatter everything he holds dear.

A midquel to Coming Around Again, taking place during the events of that fic.

Chapter 15 summary: After the Flower Dance, Sam comes to Abigail's window to apologize to her. He's ready to do anything to make things up to her.

Chapter 16 summary: Abigail agrees to take her relationship with Sam further, but both of them are lost in their own heads.

Rating: Explicit Character(s)/Ship(s): Abigail x Sam x Sebastian Chapter-specific content warning(s): Sex is mentioned in chapter 15, explicit smut is in chapter 16 Word count: 70,142 total; 2,590 in chapter 15 and 2,625 in chapter 16

when i look for Sam fanfics, nearly half of them are about Sebastian. when i scroll through Sam hashtags its either a ton of Sambastian, or Sebastian posts that are tagged Sam with no Sam in sight. i downloaded a Sam marriage mod, and Sebastian is our third??

No use escaping Sebastian(/ref)

at least its motivation to make Sam content myself