the town never changes. sebastian learns this when he’s fourteen, six years after his mom remarries and makes them move out to the middle of fuckass nowhere. he wonders if he sould have figured it out before - years upon years of sitting in his room, designing his website, forcing a smile when he has to talk to his neighbors - it should have tipped him off. should have at least made him wonder.
but, then again, sebastian’s never been very observant. he’s probably lucky to have realized it at all.
he centers his life around those rare visits to zuzu city - when his mom drives him in and drops him off at his dad’s house. it’s not even seeing his dad that he looks forward to - no, it’s just the feeling of being lost in a crowd. the knowledge that, to most of the people that pass him, he’s just another nameless face on the side of the road.
and he takes comfort in that. he likes being unknown. he genuinely has fun in zuzu, something he’s never been able to say for stardew valley.
his mom always picks him up, though, and she asks what they did. she listens, too, to what he has to say, genuinely interested in his life, and - well. sebastian can’t say that he’s fond of her husband, but she’s still his mom.
and she’s probably the only person who cares about him.
at least, until a certain spiky-haired, blond skateboarder shows up on their doorstep, fidgeting with a rubber band around his wrist.
“hey,” the kid says, and sebastian is NOT eavesdropping. not at all. “um. my family just moved into town - my name’s sam, by the way - and my mom told me to come introduce myself. and to ask if you need anything. so. i’m sam, and do you need anything?”
sebastian pokes his head around to see who his mom is talking to, and meets eyes with the most gorgeous boy to perhaps ever exist. seriously. no one should be that attractive. “uh. my-ahem, my name’s sebastian,” he says, and out of the corner of his eye he can see his mom holding back a chuckle. dammit.
“fuck,” breathes sam, and then, “you’re really cute. take me on a date?”
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