This is my gift for @sunrise-and-death as part of @aftgexchange, with the prompt “Neil actually taking the time (now that he can) to figure out his feelings about his appearance, sexuality, and/or anything else like that.” I…ended up mostly projecting myself onto him, but I sincerely hope you’ll like this little thing I wrote for you :’) I hope you’ll have a wonderful winter ❤
tw: mentions of past abuse
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It doesn’t bother him.
Really, it doesn’t.
That’s what Neil is trying to convince himself to believe.