#and owynn's parents doubly so

[multishipper-baby]

religious trauma eakwynn au? tell me more

So the AU goes like this: Eak is having trouble living on his own because of the cost of living and shit (they're older in this AU- around 25 years old) so he moves back in with his parents. Thing is, his parents are very religious and deeply care about their reputation at their local church, so they only let him in with the condition that he'll go to church with them every Sunday. Eak doesn't believe in God anymore but doesn't have many options for living arrangements , so he accepts.

Meanwhile Owynn also has a very religious family that he's stuck with. His parents are filthy rich, but they'll disown him if he comes out and he hasn't managed to fulfill his dreams of being a musician, so he doesn't want to risk ending up with no money if they find out the truth. So, instead, he becomes a priest- it's a good way to stay on their good graces without having to get married to a woman, and it gives him power over other people since now the congregation sees him as an authority figure. It's a win/win.

However, being repressed 100% of the time is exhausting, so he occasionally sneaks out into a gay bar to dress up all GNC and hit on random man to satisfy his impulses. And what do you know! On one of those nights, he and Eak randomly meet. They dance, have a couple of drinks, hook up and then move on thinking that they might never see each other again.

...Until the exact next day, when Eak shows up at Owynn's church and the two immediately recognize each other. Owynn is basically dying inside as Eak's mom introduces them and asks him to please guide her poor son who's walked away from God and blah blah blah. They very awkwardly shake hands and try to avoid looking suspicious in front of everyone.

Once they aren't surrounded by people that could get them in trouble, they have a talk. It's clear that they have similar problems surrounding their families, even if Owynn is in much more trouble than Eak is. So, they form an ally ship, which turns into a friendship, which turns into a forbidden romance.

From then on conflict happens- I've thought of two possible ways this could go. Either 1- Eak manages to move out and slowly works towards helping untangle Owynn from his awful family so he can finally leave the church and live the life he wants to live or 2- Eak gets pregnant and now the two of them need to figure a plan ASAP before it becomes noticeable and they both get found out. Very dramatic lmao.