※ Bright & Early ※

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Because home is more than four walls and a roof, more than the concept of warmth and comfort and a thousand memories scrawled in crayon scribbles on faded floors. Because home is more than a house, more than a family, more than Troye could ever stand to lose. Because he's not okay and he has every right not to be and maybe Connor doesn't understand, not really, but it's enough that he's trying to. Continues in From The Ground Up (December).

※ Emphasis ※

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Connor has so much to be sorry for, he really does, even if Troye doesn't want to hear his apologies. He'll scream them into the abyss if he has to, though inscribing them across crinkled notebook paper may be the better way to go. It doesn't matter if the only man he's ever really loved simply tosses it away, as long as he knows he's said everything he has to and it was Troye's choice not to listen. As long as he knows he tried, no matter how little it's worth.

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A two minute conversation with perfect strangers in an elevator can change someone's entire outlook on life. Dan's about to find this out the hard way.