Dear Starboy || alt. ending

Tord's breath quickened. This was it, his final moment. When he had imagined it, he had always thought it would be different. More poetic, perhaps. Like it was in the books that were scattered across his bedroom floor. Nevertheless, He thought, This is it.
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Alternate ending to the tomtord story "dear starboy." The original story does not belong to me, nor do the characters.
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I understand that the characters are not the people, the actual people deserve respect and I will treat the characters as fictional characters alone.