An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
New GamTav one-shot by YZYdragon2222. In addition to the Humanstuck PBJ, this story does a deep dive into the world of living with disabilities. Author tries best not to offend anyone. Also enjoy a side dose of pale GamKat.
Excerpt:
“Gamzee, look,” Tavros sighs, when none of his shouting seems to get through. The cars in the back are getting angstier. “My hand controls are in your car, right? Let me drive. We’ll talk later.”
After staring into Tavros’s earnest eyes for a few more seconds, Gamzee finally gives an almost imperceptible nod. With robotic movements and numbness permeating his body, he opens the car door and unfolds his tall, lanky body from behind the wheel. Tavros tries to smile at him, but isn’t quite successful because of the worry he’s radiating. Tavros doesn’t even seem angry at all. It makes Gamzee sick to his stomach.
Gamzee watches as Tavros transfers himself into the driver’s seat. Then Gamzee helps Tavros disassemble the wheelchair and stow it in the back seat of the car. Then he gently closes Tavros’s car door.
“Come on,” Tavros says to him through the window, patting the passenger seat next to him.
But Gamzee doesn’t “come on”. He looks at Tavros’s beautiful face one last time. He’s not going to remember it, he knows that.
If he runs, he can make it to the bridge from here in twenty minutes. That’s twenty minutes of not remembering Tavros’s face and knowing that he isn’t ever going to know what his boyfriend looks like again.
He can do it.
He closes his eyes, turns on his heel and absconds as fast as he can, covering his ears as he does so, so that he doesn’t have to hear the sound of Tavros’s voice frantically calling out to him.
