Mamihlapinatapai

"You're never here when I need you..." Ruby grabs Nolan's hand this time, placing against his own chest, "please, you're important to me... Just put the bottle down even if it's for a little while... I'm struggling right now.. were going to have a-"

"I'm not your fucking dad."

Ruby freezes, "I never said you were."

"No? Then why are you fucking acting like it?"
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Ruby had grown up with Nolan since he was a child, now he's twenty-one, pregnant and making the harsh decision to cut Nolan's toxicity out of his life. He used to thrive in college, and his life steady.... until the pregnancy starts to be visible. Suddenly, he's no longer allowed to attend lectures. He's fired from his job and is struggling to pay rent, He ends up in a relationship an old classmate whos nothing like the front he puts on. A few years go by, and Ruby is admitted to a hospital, one where a successful yet regret and guilt filled Nolan works.