#featuring: the pettiest sebastian i've ever written in my life. local hero (disaster). and structurally unstable chicken coops

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Stars The Same As Ever (Hallmark AU)

Ch. 3/32 — When I Said, "Leave Me Alone," This Isn't Quite What I Meant T+ | Sebastian/Farmer

“Not important?” Sebastian asks, raising an eyebrow. “It’s not,” Ava insists, but the way her eyes shift and the pause before she says it tells him she’s lying through her teeth. Badly. He wonders whether she’ll fess up about the nature of her not-important emergency if he pushes her on it. He raises his eyebrows. Makes eye contact. Holds it. I can do this longer than you can, he thinks as she wavers, feeling more than a little smug. “Okay, it’s maybe a little important,” she finally admits, cringing. “There’s kind of, uh… A hole. In my chicken coop.” “There’s a hole in your chicken coop,” he repeats slowly. “A pretty big one. Anyway, I can figure it out! I think it’s not structural? Probably? And, you know, even if I can’t figure it out on my own, it’s fine for now, because I moved them into—” She cuts herself off mid-sentence, her eyes going even wider, and there’s a full two-second pause before she continues. “I… Moved them. Yes.” He narrows his eyes. “Moved them where?” She grimaces. “Into my house? Maybe a little bit?” “Into your house? Why?” He feels the corner of his mouth twitch upwards, and he takes another bite of green bean casserole to cover it. “How are they a little bit in your house?”

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