#i feel like awl would take place a few years after the major events of fomt so cliff would probably be in his late 20s by then

[wildflowercryptid]

i've been thinking about the potential of ships with awl & fomt characters and honestly... the idea of cliff/matthew is really making me go 🤔

just 2 quiet dudes who struggle to strike up conversations and make connections due to their own self-doubt, slowly warming up to each other and finding someone who really understands them + they can lean on for support.

like i imagine cliff coming to the valley to drop off shipments of wine at the café once or twice a month and vesta notices pretty quickly how antsy matt gets on those days. maybe there's hope for her lil bro after all. :) meanwhile, cliff immediately runs to the church after getting back to mineral town and asks carter if it's okay if he's thinks about kissing another man in the confessional.