purple orchids/ dreamnotfound

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recap: george has a list of things that he wants to work on and if he doesn't fell happier by the time he finishes, at midnight, he is going to end it.

george immediately began getting started. he threw away any trash that was laying around, he wiped off counter tops, basically cleaned up his depression house. he was also working up a sweat.

george took a break when he heard a knock at his door. he hasn't had any visitors since alex died. he put down the broom and walked over to the door. he wiped his forehead before opening the door to a familiar face.

he stood there with his mouth separated. 

"wilbur.." george said in awe.

"hi george" wilbur said giving him a small smile. george immediately wrapped his arms around the other man without a second thought.

"i've missed you brother" wilbur said giving the hug back. "come in, please. don't mind the mess i was cleaning" he said opening the door more. "sure" wilbur smiled. 

wilbur was george's brother until their father kicked wilbur out for getting into a ton of trouble even though their father was an alcoholic. george was so upset at his father that even though he was 18, he moved out to try to find wilbur. that was 6 years ago. 

"george im so sorry for everything. i should've came back for you instead of leaving you there with that drunk" wilbur said sympathetically. "i forgive you. you were upset and you had every right to be" george said reassuringly. 

wilbur smiled at him but then that smile quickly faded. "how are you? i heard what happened to alex" wilbur said. george took a moment to think. he didn't even know how he felt about this whole situation. 

"im okay. just trying to get my life together right now." george said. "can i help?" wilbur asked. "oh you really don't have to. you must be so tired and there's a lot happening right n-" george said before he got cut off. 

"george. please it's the least i can do for not trying to find you sooner" wilbur said. "okay" george smiled. "thank you. now what do you want me to do because i have all the time in the world" wilbur said. 

"well i would appreciate if you would just finish up cleaning while i go get some late work done" george said. "okay sure!" wilbur said willingly. they both got up as wilbur went to the broom and george went to another room where his office was. 

george was really grateful that wilbur was helping him. 

*2 hours later*

george had finally finished with all his late work. he walked out of the office to see the house spotless. there was not a single piece of trash or dust in the kitchen nor living room. "oh my god" he said in awe. 

he looked around for wilbur but he was nowhere to be found. "wilbur?" he asked into the empty house. "wilbur where are you?" he asked again. no answer. then the door opened and george jumped back. there stood wilbur with b

brown bags in his hand. "oh wilbur.." george said. "you really didn't have to. i could've at least paid for it." george said. "no there was no need. i wish i could do more than just buy groceries. you deserve so much more" wilbur said setting the bags down on the kitchen island. "but i could use a hand to bring them in here " he laughed. george nodded and went with wilbur to bring in the groceries. 

"its so gloomy here in Manburg." wilbur said looking at the grey sky. "yeah its a bit unusual here in florida" george said. they picked up the rest of the groceries and walked into the house setting the rest of the groceries on the kitchen island. 

"oh by the way there was a tub of ice cream in one of these so look for that before it melts" wilbur said looking through the bags. 

once they found it, they began putting up the rest of the food where they are supposed to go. "what time do you want me to leave" wilbur asked. 

"what?" george asked confused. "when do you want me to leave. i got a hotel that im going to stay in whenever you want me to leave" wilbur explained. george didn't want him to leave. "i mean you could stay here. a house is better than a hotel anyway" george suggested. "you could sleep in the guest room" he carried on. "i mean only if you want to but i would like it if you stayed" george said. 

"yeah that sounds nice" he smiled. george knew that the moment that wilbur left, he would be even more sad. that means that there is a bigger chance that he would commit. "yeah okay i'll stay. i was kind of hoping you would say that anyway." wilbur smiled. 

they sat there talking a bit. george found out that he had two nephews and a sister in law. wilbur and niki just got married four years ago. they had fraternal twins, tommy and tubbo, that are both 6 years old. niki got pregnant with them two years before her and wilbur got married. they were both 22 years old when wilbur got her pregnant and then a few year later, he proposed. 

"so where are tommy and tubbo?" i asked. "oh they are back home in kansas. i didn't want to bring them just for you to get overwhelmed so it's just me" he explained. "oh you should've brought them! it would be nice having more company" george smiled. 

"what about you. do you have any love interest?" wilbur asked. george thought about it. "i mean not really" he answered. "what does that mean?" wilbur laughed. "well im not sure if i like...them" he answered. "what her name?" wilbur asked. 

george froze. what does he say? "his name is clay" george said. wilbur looked at him. then it hit him. "ohhhh! it's a boy! okay interesting. well he is a very lucky man" wilbur said being supportive.  n"so you don't care that it's a man?" george asked. 

"of course not! love is love" he smiled. george felt happy in the moment. or at least that's what he thought he felt. george explained to wilbur as much as he could. he talked about how he was there for him whenever he visited alex's grave, his shop and what happened, and how they finally exchanged numbers today. 

wilbur sat there listening and nodding as his brother's face lit up. when george was finally done talking about him, he looked at wilbur. he had a look. but not just any look. "what" he asked. "why are you looking at me like that?" george questioned. 

"oh nothing" wilbur lied. "oh come on! tell me!" george begged. "well it seems to me that my baby brother has a crush." wilbur stated. "what! that's absurd! i haven't even known him for that long how would i like him like that?" george asked. 

"because while you were talking about him, you were smiling and you didn't say a single flaw about him. you laughed whenever you said something funny that he did or said. you like him and that's okay" wilbur said. george stopped. 

maybe he did like him. "you should text him to come over tonight! i could meet him and we could all hang out" wilbur suggested. 

"yeah sure why not?" george said. 

he pulled his phone out and opened clay's contact. 

clay :)

george: hey! how are you?

after not even 2 minutes later, he answered.

clay: i'm doing well! you?

george: i'm good thanks! so i actually wanted to ask you something.

clay: sure what's up?

george: so my brother is in town and we wanted to know if you would like to come over and visit with us tonight

clay: oh for sure! i never even knew you had a brother haha! what time should i come over and what address?

george: maybe at 7 if that works for you. the address is 542 Lakeshore Ave.

clay: okay see you then :)

george: see ya! :)