troubled teens
part 1: meet cute
donnie darko x afab reader
sorry if this is a messy i wrote a lot of this in one shot and i don’t like using punctuation lmfao
also this is an au where donnie is 18 reader is 17 but will have a birthday in later parts if y’all want more
being put in group therapy wasn’t your first choice but you thought as you sat down next to a cute boy it couldn’t be too bad.
dr thurman sat down “we’re going to go around in a circle and state our names so we can all get to know each other im dr. thurman”
as they went around the circle you couldn’t wait to find out the boys name
“donnie”
“his name is donald” dr. thurman added before moving onto you
“uh y/n” you said shaking as everyone ,including donnie, was staring.
later in the session dr, thurman made you do group trust exercises but you and donnie got distracted
“why are you here” donnie asked
“i see things and my parents hope going here will fix me”
donnie looked at you with understanding in his eyes
“ no way me too!”
he explained to me frank and the end of the world fanisay and how gretchen died and how he shot frank.
“i must seem crazy” donnie added at the end of his speech
“no i get it”
you then whent on to tell him about you own experience with voices screaming at night and scary figures invading your life nothing as involved as donnie’s though
donnie laughed as you finished explaining your hallucinations
“what’s funny” you asked kind of offended
“ no i just wouldn’t expect someone as pretty as you to be as crazy as me”
then you both started to laugh
dr thurman announced to the group that therepey was over and it was time to leave
“how come i’ve never seen you at school”
“i don’t live in middlesex, dr. thurman is just cheaper sense we get a family friends discount. Friend of my aunts”
donnie’s grew quiet for a second and then he lit up he rembered his sketch book. he handed you a little piece of paper with his address on it and a time with the instructions “wait by the backyard gate”
you guess you had another chance to see him…