(closed for @urdamage )
Copper used to be into comics when he was younger, but then things had happened, and suddenly he had other priorities and interests that took precedence. Some of that was Deacon of course - new love often felt more important than anything else after all. But Deacon was gone now, and Copper was looking for ways to fill his days. Sometimes he didn't feel like the living dead, felt like he could live his life and be happy again, but when he got too stuck in his head, he felt like he'd died along with his husband. Sometimes Copper couldn't comprehend the fact that he was a widower at 27. Such things were difficult to process for anyone he supposed, but Copper would spiral if he even tried. So he definitely needed something else beyond his psyche to get lost in, and that was what led him to Solstice Comics. He wasn't sure if he could rekindle his past interest, but Copper had fond memories of losing himself in the fantastical stories - everything else had always seemed so trivial while he was reading these epic stories. As he walked into the shop, Copper began looking around the shelves of comics, but then he glanced over at the man behind the counter, and that immediately took all of his attention. Whoa, Copper thought, looking at the man. He was incredibly hot, but a second later, Copper was distracted by him for a different reason: he looked familiar. It only took Copper a few seconds to put it all together, and he realized he knew the guy. Walking toward the counter, Copper asked, "Junior?" They hadn't exactly been friends in high school, but they had known each other a long time, and Copper was surprised by how pleased he was to see him. When Junior turned his head to look at him, Copper knew he was right about his identity. "Hey man," Copper said, smiling at Junior. "It's been a long time."
