An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 8/?
Fandom: Infinity Train (Cartoon)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jesse Cosay/Lake | Mirror Tulip, Jesse Cosay & Lake | Mirror Tulip
Characters: Jesse Cosay, Lake | Mirror Tulip, Whittney Cosay, Stephan Cosay, Nate Cosay
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Stranded, Developing Friendships, Friends to Lovers, Falling In Love, Hiding, Fish out of Water, Nonbinary Lake | Mirror Tulip, Lake gets off the train very early, and ends up stranded in Arizona, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Jesse's parents: whatcha got there..., Jesse hiding a Chrome Cryptid: a smoothie?
Summary:
It happened in an instant. One minute she was running from the flecs, three weeks of freedom under her belt. The next? A portal was opening up in front of her and she fell through it before she could process what was happening. The train must've seen her as still a part of Tulip, and when she got her exit it needed her gone too. She was free, truly and suddenly.
She was alone, but that didn't matter. She could survive. She would build a life out here, where no one could bother her. So what if she had no idea what she was doing? If she didn't even have a name yet. She was going to figure this out, and she was going to do it alone.
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They say a ghost moved into the woods by the lake. At night you can see its shimmering form moving through the trees. Jesse doesn't believe in ghosts, but it's a fun enough idea to talk about. At least until his friends decide they need to prove whether or not it really exists, that he should be the one to stay out in the woods all night to try and spot it.
It should be fine though. Surely there wasn't anything actually out there, it was probably all just some big prank. He doubted he'd find anything at all. Right?
