Thread:ThisIsXenon/@comment-32273133-20181231004208/@comment-32273133-20190723182653

god don’t you love it when you get an idea that requires a complete rework of your plot outline’s nicely wrapped up ending and the idea you had for the second arc

like it’s nice if heroes win but what if they don’t 

Micah’s gay origin story:

—Micah’s had vague gay crushes since he was eleven or twelvish

—the first big raging one though was on Jason Zeitger

—nothing happened between them, though Jason ended up being the first person Micah came out as gay to and he was the one young Micah went to for flirting advice.

—eventually it faded and then was replaced by a new one

—Hester used to have food hand-delivered, and she had Micah be the one to check receipts and help the delivery person unload.

—The baker sent his apprentice to do deliveries; bring fresh bread and whatnot

—Micah took one look at the green-eyed, curly-haired apprentice and bam he was head over heels.

—he tries to flirt after he gets over how absolutely incredibly beautiful the apprentice is and after he learns his name—Luken

—Micah’s really bad at it at first; Luken knows what trying to do and goes along with it, because he thinks this nervous, twitchy, vaguely birdlike boy in all black is kinda cute too

—So he’s mellow about the flirting and doesn’t flirt back until one day Micah says something and Luken zings him back and Micah’s so startled he almost drops the bread he’s holding.

—Micah realises he’s piqued Luken’s interest and freaks out

—the next day, Luken slips Micah a paper with his address and a note of which window is his

—Micah freaks out again

—At this point, he hasn’t told anyone other than Jason about this boy—and Jason’s been sworn to secrecy—so Micah has to sneak out to go visit Luken

—and he does, every night for weeks, and they talk for an hour or two before Micah has to sneak back

—Luken calls him “Little Raven” and learns about his love for apples so he specially makes apple-flavoured pastries for Micah

—Micah in return learns about Luken’s love for books and they trade different books back and forth

—Luken’s actually the one who gives him the complete works of Edgar Allen Poe and  tabs “The Raven” for him

—Luken’s also a constellation nut, so sometimes the two would lay on Luken’s roof and look at the stars.

—This all goes on for about six months, then the Incident happens

—Micah’s bedridden for weeks, so he’s not the one accepting deliveries anymore

—Luken makes the mistake of asking Hester about him one day, and Hester figures out that this is the boy Micah’s been sneaking out to see

—She decides he’s a threat, and he’s dead within the week

—Micah learns of his fate later and it crushes him

—he blocked those memories, so until they get triggered again [i’m working on the how] he thinks that Damian was his first boyfriend