once bitten (and twice shy)
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Lin Park loved both his friends and Christmas; he truly did. What he hated however, was skating and getting goaded into doing so by Gen Warner, his old childhood neighbour and the seventh member of their ragtag bunch who had moved across the country for a couple of years for her job, who had moved back to town and into their friend group once again seamlessly in March. Oh, and also Lin's ex-girlfriend and the woman he once considered the love of his life before their relationship crumbled into dust when she moved away.
Honestly, it was barely awkward these days.
And with celebrating Christmas in a cabin, with traditions, a party, and a wedding in a snowy forest with her and the rest of their friends, what could possible go wrong?
(Now if he only had a way to make his friends stop treating his life like a goddamn Wham! song)
or the sequel to The Thing About Perspective featuring another member of the group, exes-to-lovers, and gratuitous fluff to make up for the attempted angst // rom.
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