Runaway Dream Redux Chapter 1 on Ao3
Title: Runway Dream Redux
Rating: Mature
Tags: Angst with a Happy Ending, Domestic Violence, Emotional/Psychological Abuse, Physical Abuse, Past Suicidal Ideation, Player has PTSD, Mental Health Issues, Grief/Mourning, Dysfunctional Family, Found Family, Friends to Lovers, Hurt/Comfort, Slow Burn, Trauma Recovery, Demetrius Critical, Robin Critical
Summary: Satsuma fled from ZuZu City with one goal: staying alive. Once she got to Pelican Town, her plan was to stay out of sight and out of mind of the people that lived there. In some ways that plan would've worked, most people were hellbent on involving her in the ways they saw fit and when she was incapable of meeting those expectations they often lost interest.
But Sebastian is unlike most of the others in ZuZu City. He is much too observant for his own good and more than willing to deconstruct Satsuma's carefully maintained walls with the seemingly endless patience he has for her and her alone. Maybe that's because Sebastian has been stuck in place for so long that he yearns for a change that his mind won't allow him to reach for on his own. Maybe it's just that Satsuma meets him halfway. Regardless, his heart has other plans and he won't remain isolated for much longer.
Satsuma brings with her the possibility of change for many in Pelican Town. The question is, how willing is she to bring that change for herself despite the risks?
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