#luckily the ones i'm thinking abt are cool i'm not close enough with them to EVER voluntarily share this

[callixton]

can i say i know that people i know irl are on tumblr. who would prob understand the context of everything i say on here at basically all times. and when it comes down to it my interests r pretty niche like if someone decides to go into the company tag...... anyway. finished that boy's tag.

[blakeshaw-oracle]

My ultimate like. ‘Verse Where Everything is Kinda Ok’ au lmao is like.

Albert lives like right next door to Finney and somehow ends up being a person that Finney trusts enough to run too when his dad is getting too much to handle. Albert tries soooooo hard to be a good, responsible adult but he ends up falling in love with Finney HARD. Like he knows he shouldn’t and controls himself with an iron grip but sometimes he can’t help but linger in the doorway when he lets Finney sleep on the couch or can’t help the way his eyes find themselves tracing over the boy over and over again

The Ghost Boys are alive in this au and them plus Finney are part of a friend group and the Ghost Boys get bad vibes from Al, Robin specifically tries to talk to Finney abt it but Finney is like ‘no it’s fine he’s always been rlly cool’

But one night Finney is at Al’s and Al just can’t help himself anymore……. His resolve snaps and he finally indulges in his little lover boy 👀

I really love this, actually!!

(I'm just riffing off your au here, don't mind me <3)

It's perfect; Al trying SO HARD to just be a good guy and let Finney trust and confide in him... but he's weak.

He's just too weak to this absolutely perfect boy that was practically placed in his lap. Who could really blame him, though? He's a gentleman and contains himself for as long as he possibly can until one day when he just breaks. All this time holding back, watching from afar. Longing and pining but never getting close. He has to think of Finney's feelings, after all. Al would never be able to forgive himself if he hurt the boy.

Maybe he's guilty about it at first. He knows he shouldn't be feeling this way about his neighbor's son. Hell, Al is old enough to be Finney's dad himself. Despite this, the thoughts never stop. Having Finney constantly over, sleeping on his couch, taking up space in his home-- He's fallen fast and hard and he's driving himself mad trying to figure out what to do about it. If he should do anything about it.

It doesn't help that Finney's friends have definitely caught on to something. Al knows he hasn't done anything to give himself away but somehow all of Finney's little friends still know. Luckily, the boy himself seems to think that his friends are just being overprotective of him and wary about the old man he's always around. Hopefully the Arellano kid in particular will give it a rest soon so Al can finally start sleeping again at night.

None of it matters, though. They're right. Albert Shaw is a nasty old man with a gross crush on little Finney Blake. God damn it.

Just when Al is about to bring the daily visits to an end and let Finney know that they need to stop before something gets out of hand... He finds Finney passed out on his living room couch as he always is. Samson is sleeping at the boy's feet and they both look so happy. Al is conflicted. His dog seems to sense the tension in the air and soon leaves to go sleep on his bed.

That night was when Al finally lost his composure. Finney's shirt is half-ridden up his chest and its summer so he's wearing the skimpiest shorts that Albert has ever seen. The boy is both surprised and oddly satisfied to wake up with his nearly 50-year-old neighbor looming over him with what might be lust in his eyes.

Now Finney really can't talk to his friends about Al anymore.

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