Falling in love? || Karlnap

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TW's: homophobia, bad childhood, uneducated white people, f-slur.

-Nick POV-

When my mom called us down we hurried down the stairs, hungry from our trip. 

We sat down at the dinner table and started eating, my dad was sitting farthest away from me and had only said a short hello to me when he first saw me. 

Me and Karl were sitting next to each other and eating, I coughed and then spoke up. "I have something to... announce." I started with, nervous energy rushing through my whole body. 

I felt Karl grab my hand and squeeze it tightly and that was all the motivation I had needed, "Mom and dad, I'm.. gay." I said, looking down at my lap. "Well I'm either bi or gay but, I like guys." 

There was a long moment of silence before my dad spoke up. "We didn't raise you to be like that." He slammed his fist down on the table. "I goddamn knew it, of course your a fag." 

My mom know spoke up, looking at me finally. "I'm sorry, what?" She looked so confused like she couldn't believe her son was telling the truth. 

"He's one of them." My dad said to her. He spat out the words like they were toxic in his mouth. 

"I just wanted you guys to love me for who I am." I sat quietly, my voice hoarse. 

"I refuse for you to be my son. You are disowned if you continue being like THAT." 

"It's who I am." I said in an almost whisper. 

"I don't give a fuc-" My dads sentence was cut off by Karl getting up. He took my hand and led me to the door. "If you walk out of there right now, you will no longer be considered an Armstrong."

I looked back over to my mom, hoping she would understand me. Instead I was met with her face being filled with disgust. That was enough for me to walk out the door.

I let Karl drive as I got in the passenger seat, I pulled my knees up to my chest and sobbed. "I just lost my family." I choked out in between sobs. Karl wrapped me in his arms tightly after pulling out onto the curb. 

"I'm your new family. Okay? You don't need them, they aren't worth your time." I weakly smiled at him and cried into his shoulder. "I love you so much." He whispered into my ear. 

"Go to sleep, I'll drive us back." He said to me and unlatched from the hug. I wiped my tears off of my face and nodded, putting my head against the rattley window. 

I slipped out of consciousness pretty quickly, leaving behind my fucked up life right now and entering a perfect dream. 

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wc: 462

Sorry this is short I didn't know what else to write.