The Giving (BoyxBoy)

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Once there was a tree....and [he] loved a little boy.

Luke was six.
Ashton was eight.
They were best friends, but Luke wasn't allowed to tell anybody because Ashton didn't want people to make fun of him for being friends with a six year old.
Sometimes, Ashton had nightmares, and Luke would climb through his window from his house next door, and lay in his bed, and hold him until the tears stopped.