TEASER!!
I owe you a black eye and two kisses, tell me when you wanna come and get 'em
Nishimura Riki/Sim Jaeyun
wc: currently at 3k
contents: bi!riki, ftm!jake, religious themes and trauma, angst, angst with happy ending, homophobia and transphobia, descriptions of dysphoria, jake and riki are the same age in the story, drugs, riki is a dealer, stoner!riki, tattoo artist!riki, protective!riki, childhood friends to lovers, mlm, gay gay gay, found family, more to be added
sum: growing up in a small town under evangelical parents, jake and riki promise to give themselves a better life together. running from a faith that has outcast them for being queer, they find new beginnings in bright and lively portland oregon. the damage of their oppressive upbringing still looms in the quiet moments, leaving unspoken feelings lingering like a physical weight that's getting harder to ignore.
playlist: crush - ethel cain, sun bleached flies - ethel cain, jaws - sleep token, no way back - enhypen, the fall - half•alive, infinite baths - sleep token, hymn to virgil - hozier, tongue tied - grouplove
another fic with darker themes is on its way !! this one will be finished and posted after midnight suns has been posted. so far it has been quite cathartic to write, having my own experiences with childhood religious trauma as a trans person. this fic is also very inspired by chasing sunlight, dreamy eyed by deadsublime on ao3!! absolutely beautiful work. inspired me to start this to explore these themes that hit close to home and also try to heal the ache it left in my chest from a certain loss in the story <3
