#god I'm losing my mind over how good this AU isssssssss

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Ah, Rory, Rory Rory Rory. Can you tell I have a hard time starting these? I sware, it’s like pulling teeth, I black out, and then I have seven paragraphs just sitting in a google doc. Anyways! Rory is obviously part of the Cloudy Town Crew, a colorful group of clowns that rolled back into this town in their teens along with some parental guidance in the form of Mama Rise and Papa Shine. They aren’t Rory’s actual parents but they took him in when he ran away

Thaaaaaat’s right, Rory has trama! Rory came from a very traditional household, the kind that clutches their pearls if they see a boy even make eye contact with a Barbie. Rory’s “sin” was liking baking and the color pink, so his parents wanted to get him working, some hard labor would do the boy good. While being dragged out by his dad to go job searching he couldn’t help but notice a big top set up in the local park, and a boy with blue hair lifting some heavy-looking crates

Rory blames his blush on the summer heat and totally not the handsome sweaty guy over by the tent. He tells his dad to look at how heavy those crates look and think about all the hard work that goes into running a circus, and just how much he’d hate to work there. Either he’s a really good liar or his dad was just tired of dealing with him but either way, he had his in. Jack said they’d love an extra pair of hands but Rory would have to stay with them the whole time, only going home for emergencies

Rory almost literally jumps for joy before faking a groan and moaning about how uncomfortable that sounds, and that was enough for his dad to shove him off to the handsome stranger and promise he’ll come back with some of his stuff. Rory does end up doing quite a bit of heavy lifting but it was worth it to hear Jack’s praise at the end of a long day, which he pretended to hate, poorly

The first time Rory let Jack see that gooey side of himself was after their last show at the park. That night he took Jack to his little bed and told him just how much all of them meant to him, how much he meant to him, how he doesn’t think he can go back to being told how worthless he is every day, how he can’t go back into the closet. Jack stops his panicked rambling by kissing him. That night Jack talks to his folks, who already figured Rory didn’t have the best home life, and asks them to let Rory join the circus permanently

Rory can’t even remember his old name anymore, having gotten a new one once he properly joined the crew. Rory Rainberry isn’t repressed, Rory Rainberry wears pink, and Rory Rainberry gets to sleep in Jack’s bed every night. He doesn’t need his old life, he doesn’t his old name, he doesn’t need to question how Mama Rise and Papa Shine are so good at avoiding the cops, he has his Sunny Day now, and he’ll be damned if anything gets in the way of that

After a few months of traveling, Mama Rise tells everyone that they’re moving camp back to her and Shine’s hometown, the cult. I’ll get more into that in Jack’s backstory piece but needless to say, they make it back to town and start to settle back in. Rory’s not a fan of all the people staring at him but he does like that he and Jack get their own bedroom now, so it works out. He learned about you in one of Papa Shine’s propaganda classes and thinks you sound neat. Yeah, he’s excited to meet you but he’s already got Jack, how could you even compare to him? Oh how his wax wings melt once he meets you

Ooooooh I love this so much!!!!!! Lil gay baby Rory having a crush on Jack is so cute!!! And their relationship sounds so weirdly wholesome for the setting, but like in a super fun way that makes everything more interesting >:3c