love in a toy shop (gepetto x stromboli)

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stromboli pov:
"Hello?" I walked into the dark toy shop looking for the silver fox. I had to slowly navigate through the bits and pieces all over the store. I looked all over for the man with a plan.
As I was about to give up, I heard a distant crash coming from the back room. I ran towards the room to find the toy maker laying on the ground under a bunch of wood.
  "Gepetto, are you ok!?" I panicked while picking up the dispersed wood. I helped him up to his feet looking for any bruises or cuts that might be on his legs. "Ya, I'll be fine. I just dropped a few pieces of wood." He stared at me with eyes of fear. I could tell it was more than just wood, there was more to this story.
   "Are you sure? You don't look ok, why don't you sit down, I'll get you some water." I walked him over to his cotton bed and ran to the kitchen to find the glasses.
'Where does this man keep his cups?' I thought to myself. I searched for a good 5 minutes before I heard footsteps coming down the hallway. Just as I was about to look to see what was up, I felt arms wrap around my waist. "Uh... hi? can I help you?" I laughed. I was shocked but I could barley form words. Was Gepetto really wrapping his arms around me right now. He's not in the right head space, how could he know what he's doing? His grip tightened around my waist. I could feel his breath against my neck. It was warm and made me feel happy. Wait, did I really just think that?! Come on, I stole his child for fucks sake. I could feel my face turn red as I attempted to turn around to look at him. He kept his arms around me as I faced the pale man. He looked up at me with eyes full with pain. He looked like he was about to cry. I felt pain in my heart and for the first time, I hugged him back. I kept him tight in my grasp. My heart was pounding against his head. I hope he can't feel it or else he'll think I'm in love with him. Or I'm having a heart attack. At this point,  I would rather the latter. We stayed like this for what felt like forever. And, god, did I never want this moment to end? "Hey strom?" I heard him say. "Yes, what is it?" He had tears in his eyes as he stared at me. I held eye contact trying to make him read my mind. "Can you just stay with me?" He whispered. How did I end up like this, I came in to get a new puppet, and maybe I was walking away with something more. "Of course I can. I'll stay with you forever if I have to."

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