“Education is for losers” he teased, standing up and offering his hand for Copper to get up as well. Lark didn’t know how to be cute, he didn’t know when he should or should put his arm around Copper, and after being with him for so long he felt like an idiot because he just didn’t know. He walked next to him, shoulders bumping one another, the walk back to their place wasn’t a long one, nothing in Redwood was really all that far apart.
“-- and yet here you are..” copper said as he stared up at him as he was getting up, holding his hand out for copper to grab a hold of and help pull him back up on his feet. once up he leaned down to grab his stuff and started walking besides his partner.. not saying much but a slight chuckle as larks arm kinda bumped against his own shoulder as they walked fairly close to each other, and probably be the most romantic thing about the walk back to their studio apartment, curious to see what the rest of his day would really be like..
Todd nodded, he could remember Copper sitting under the big tree by the pond sketching away, he had always been jealous of his artistic abilities. “That’s really cool, i’m basically a blank canvas I guess”. Todd was nervous, he knew that it was obvious all over his face, but seeing someone who had mean’t so much to him for so long was kind of a crazy feeling. “Awesome” he lit up as Copper agreed, spinning on his heels to walk inside of the big building, he had a general idea of where to go “so, are you going here?”.
copper grinned, as he looked todd once over, listening to him talk about beinga bit of a blank canvas himself. “we’ll see how long that lasts with me around..” he muttered, not helping himself not to kinda joke around... not aware how easily he was able to fall back into things, but here he was.. running his fingers through his curls as he saw the other light up after he’d agreed to come with him and he didn’t hesitate when it came to follow behind him as he started walking towards one of the big buildings where the dorms were.. “yeah.. art major.. and you?”
Now Copper was speaking his language, pulling him even closer, it all make Lark want him more. “Oh fuck yes” he groaned back at him before finally pressing his lips against Copper’s. The kiss was short and he pulled back again “you done here because people are going to start staring, we can go home, or give them a show, it’s up to you”.
copper’s new life being full of testosterone, and now going through a second puberty had a tendency to make his libido go all over the place, and prove just how easy it was to get him going, and lark knew how to push him. right now was a perfect example, as he listened to the words of encouragement lark let out as he groaned, lips pressing hard against his own in a very short but wanting kiss before their lips parted again and he glanced up at him for a short moment, taking a deep breath before answering, “-- well i kinda have to finish this education thing and i doubt the staff would appreciate the show.. so maybe we should just go home..”
A smile crept onto Todd’s face as he watched Copper stumble over his words, it was oddly comforting knowing that Copper was just as nervous about this encounter as he was. His eyes trailed over his figure before he pointed to the visible tattoo on his arm “I like that, you into tattoos now?”. He nodded once again “uhm, yeah, I guess so, did you want to come inside with me? help me find it?”.
despite how nervous he was to see todd again, copper just couldn’t help but feel some sense of calmness around the other as well.. something only todd managed to get out of him, and always had.. the boy kinda reached up, rubbing the back of his head before his attention was thrown to the remark the other came with, asking about his tattoo.. “Oh yeah uhm.. -- it’s kinda my job at the moment..” he said as he looked up and over at the other just in time for him to catch the other ask if he wanted to come help him find his room.. again he swallowed hard, knowing he maybe should’ve said no cause he wasn’t sure what was or could happen.. he had a boyfriend already, and he was happy (most of the time).. but then there was the part of him that still jsut wanted to hang with his friend again, not thinking anything were going to happen and they were just gonna look for his dorm, together, as friends again.. and without a doubt that naive part of him took control of the rest of him, and he nodded.. “oh uhm, sure yeah.. i can help look.”
Lark still didn’t move, lingering over Copper and he gently ran his fingers through the other boy’s curls “honestly, I really just don’t want to go, i’ve been at it all week and I don’t even have any appointments they just want me there to close up”. He slowly leaned forward and rested his head against Copper’s forehead “i’ll make it up to you, I promise” he cooed at him, a playful smirk across his face.
part of him wished lark would’ve moved, cause having him lay the way he did, was making copper feel certain things, and the other only made it worse, as he spoke, leaning forward and letting his forehead gently rest against his own, in a voice that only stirred the pot even more.. before copper could even say anything, a low groan escaped his lips, his hands moving to hook onto the belt hoops on lark’s jeans, holding him against himself.. “do you really promise? “
Todd knew that bumping into Copper was bound to happen at some point, but he’d tried so hard not to think about that, so when it finally happened he felt lost for words and completely confused. “Uhm” he cleared his throat, shuffling his feet a nervous habit “good, just you know, trying to figure out all this class stuff and where my dorm is”.
dorm.. copper couldn’t help but look around for a moment, despite knowing it didn’t do anything, he wouldn’t be able to see anything regardless, but it was more just a reaction than anything.. “-- so youre living close by then or--?” the words kinda just blurred out of him before he’d even gotten to think of anything else less creepy to say.. “i mean like.. your dorm.. being on campus.. and-- close by..”
Todd didn’t recognize the voice at first, he didn’t realize who he’d bumped into until he was face to face with Copper, someone that had once mean’t everything to him, the face of the person who just up and left with no real explanation, instantly his heart stung. “Copper” he spoke quietly, it wasn’t a question, despite how much his features had grown more defined, he knew exactly who he was. Todd pulled his schedule close to his chest, crumpling the edges of it with his fingers “uhm, hi” he spoke again.
it felt as if something dropped to the bottom of his stomach the moment coppers dark hues raised, settling on a figure and face he hadn’t seen since he was a teen.. but it was different, he didn’t look exactly the same, more manly-- grown... but still very distinctly himself.. and his voice.. his voice had deepened a lot too to a pitch copper couldn’t help but notice the moment he said his name, before kinda nervously shifting his hands around, picking at stuff.. “shit-- todd.. hey.. uhm.. how are you--?”
Roxy giggled as she waved goodbye to a friend from her classes before starting her walk towards the quad. Her eyes scanned the area, fascinated by all the activities going on. One in particular caught her eye, though: a boy sketching something. Deciding to take a chance, she walked over to him and tapped him on the shoulder. “I’m so sorry to bother you, but are you drawing something? I love art and stuff like that.”
for the most part copper got to be left in peace, but that didn’t seem to be the case that day as he felt someone touch him, and an unknown voice speak up, forcing him to look up, eyes landing on a girl he’d never seen before either.. “Uhm-- well yeah im trying at least..” he said at first before raising one of his thick eyebrows, “-- art and stuff, yeah.. fun stuff” he soon muttered quietly under his breath, as he kinda laid down the sketch book.
As much as Todd loved school, first days were always hard, he had to figure out everything all over again, even get a new roommate, which was his least favorite thing. He stood outside of the building about to walk in to get his room assignment, as soon as he turned around he collided with someone “oh my gosh, i’m so sorry” he quickly apologized.
until he went to college, copper had never really been to school.. truth be told he wasn’t even really sure how he got himself into the school, and he was thankful, but regardless first days still weren’t enjoyable.. if anything they were highly stressful.. and he had no idea that this day would be the most stressful of all the moment he was just walking outside along the school building, but was stopped at another body rammed into him, causing him to stumble back while hearing a voice profusely apologizing.. “-- it’s fine.. it’s whatever.. just watch where you--” copper suddenly halted as mid sentence he’d looked up to see who had walked into him, and it was far from someone he’d expected..
Lark tilted his head to the side as he looked down at what copper had been working on “it’s very liney” he nods “but I like it”. Without saying anything else Lark took the sketchpad from him and tossed it to the side, turning back to Copper he pushed him back to the grass and hovered over him, he looked down at him like he was going to say something cute “wanna take my shift for me tomorrow?” he asked.
copper wasn’t even sure why he still hoped for lark to do things one would maybe consider normal when one were in a relationship.. like lark did now, staring everything off, leading it on to feel like something was going to happen as the book left his hands, and he felt the others hands on his chest, pushing him down against the lawn, only thing shielding him from the sun was the tall body of the other, hovering over him.. and like that he for a split second thought he’d get a kiss or something, but of course.. lark being lark that wasn’t the case.. instead another mundane question left the others lips, while a sight left his own.. copper peered up at lark for a moment, eyes lingering, while glancing over his features.. “-- why? what have you got to do all of the sudden?”
Lark hadn’t been expecting to run into Copper on campus, usually he just went to class and promptly went to the shop or back to their apartment, he didn’t really like school all that much. This time he went for a walk and his eyes landed right on the smaller boy’s figure as he watched him drawing on his pad. Lark planted himself down right in front of him and pulled his sketchbook down to look “what are you drawing?” he inquired, with no sense of personal space.
for a short moment, as he felt someone grab at his sketchbook, pulling it down and away from him, he was about yell at them, but then he heard the familiar and loved sound of his boyfriend, lark’s dark voice.. copper peered up at the man, smiling slightly.. “honesty, im not even sure.. feel like it just looks like weird scribbles that sort of makes out some face..” he muttered, and lowered the piece so that he got to look at lark instead..
copper always kinda dreaded going back to school, as it never really seemed to get any easier.. regular school things, in which most people would have no problem with, copper would have trouble with just about everything.. but he did it all regardless, and it was all worth it when he got to do his art.. and after all this he kinda just found himself out on one of he campus quads, sketchbook in hand, and his nose deep down on one of the pages as he saw there drawing just whatever came to his mind, and as per usual he kinda disappeared into his own thoughts, not paying much attention to what was happening around him.
What, friends don’t hold hands? No. And they don’t surprise their friends with picnics on the beach either. Oh, come on. I do this all the time for the guys in my study group.
who’s that coming out from the sunflower field? oh, it’s just COPPER SLADE, the TWENTY-TWO year old, who looks quite similar to ELLIOT FLETCHER, they are an ART MAJOR & TATTOO APPRENTICE. some might say he has the personality of COPPER from FOX AND THE HOUND since they’re known to be LOYAL, but also has a tendency to be CAUTIOUS. and may the field always bloom.
tw: abuse, tw: dysphoria, tw: trans phobia
copper awoke in the sunflower field at the age of four, and was placed with a young couple with no real education and very ‘uneducated racist redneck-y’
the couple named her cindy slade, but as he got older he would always make people call them copper.
grew up in a tiny run down cabin in the forest in the middle of nowhere.
learned how to write, read and basic math. but never really went to actual school. would prefer doing drawings.
spent the first 2 years of what he has memory of mostly locked inside of their home, or barely allowed to play around the house.. but at the age of 5/6 he finally got to go further away from his house, and it was at this time he met another boy who lived ‘next door’, and from that day onward he’d spend most of his time running around the forests around his home with that kid that lived closest to him, and who would quickly become his best friend; and his name was todd.
growing up he felt very confused about who he was, and never felt comfortable being ‘cindy’.. and the only place he got to be him would be when he was playing and exploring with todd, who for all they knew, thought copper to be a boy..
his home was also very abusive in any sense of the word, mental, physical and vocal abuse. his father never accepted that his daughter was different, and wanted to be something else..
he also wasn’t really allowed to go to school, and would every day walk to the end of his driveway with todd, pretend like he did. always scared that he’d figure out that he was in fact not going anywhere..
at 16 after years of living a double life, being copper and cindy, and somehow growing feelings for his best friend, he ran away from home and has never been home since, and would never willingly go back either.
‘cindy’ or copper which he’d started to go by even if he still was somewhat female presenting, would then meet a boy name lark during a support group for troubled teens, and the two stuck together ever since.
with lark’s help after having dated a while, copper began his transition into becoming the male he is today. but their relationship is very strained and confusing, but copper still calls him his boyfriend, even if he doesn’t get that same title himself.
works as a apprentice at the tattoo shop larks works at too, a position the other boy helped get him. as well as having gone back to school, studying art at redwood university
lives with lark in a studio apartment
is now legally a male, with copper being his legal name and he’s now 22
loves animals, music, movies and art
is pansexual, but very much doesn’t believe in labeling his sexuality as it is very fluid
— Todd was shocked to say the least, the last thing he’d been expecting to hear come of of his mouth was that he was trans, how the hell did he never know? He suddenly felt like an idiot, was he so damn dense that he couldn’t even see it, or did he maybe secretly not care, considering Todd had never thought of gender as a reason to like or dislike someone, you like who you like and it doesn’t matter what they prefer to go as. He smiled gently at Copper, he could tell that he was scared to tell him this, and Todd didn’t want him to be scared around him, he wanted him to be happy. “Well, I guess it’s a good thing that I don’t care about gender or any of that bullshit, i’ve been with guys and girls, I like people, not what’s downstairs” he chuckled at him, planting a kiss on his lips “I love you, Copper, I always have, and even tomorrow when i’m sober I won’t be changing my mind”.
copper just looked at todd as he spoke, truth be told hearing him say that he didn’t care about gender in that sense, that he much more preferred people over whatever genitalia they might have.. a part of him questioned what he’d done to deserve anyone like todd, especially looking at the fact that he did leave him all those years back without as much of a word.. and still, here they were, and he was given so much love.. the boy’s hues started to grow more and more glossy as tears wanted to come out.. then the kiss came, closing his eyes he kissed him back, letting it linger just a little bit before they parted slightly only to hear those three words leave the other.. copper’s eyes opened again and looked directly at him. lifting one of his hands letting it rest on the side of todd’s cheek, “i love you too..” he said and kissed him once more, this time he let it linger for as long as either of them wanted too..
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