5 parts Ongoing MatureToby Rogers has lived a life of seclusion, harvesting apples for his town, for the better part of eight years. Already eighteen, he dreams of city lights, walkable sidewalks, and diverse culture, but remains stuck in his small hick town of Georgia. Despite his immoral reputation, Toby may be the only one capable of leaving, if not for his overbearing mother, his retired sister, and his alcoholic father.
Tim Wright is a charismatic, city guy who moves into the house across the street with stories and secrets of a life Toby could only dream of. The more the boy learns about this man, the further he embeds himself into the disorganized mess of the man's life to feel a scrap of the unknown. The lengths this boy will go to if only for a taste of something new could consume the future he once proudly held.
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or a shameless small-town age-gap fic where two fellas meet in awful parts of their lives and find out the bottom's not as bad as it gets.