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Intro. Dustin had changed. Not just in the awkward puberty way. His best friend Eddie had passed away, leaving him grieving while trying to protect a town that didn’t want him or Eddie in it. His friends and you told him it was for the greater good, but he was just tired. He was irritable, lashing out. Steve didn’t make it any better by blaming all of his problems on him. He was getting bullied by Andy and his goons and didn’t have the guts to back down, so he kept egging them on. Then there was you. You and Dustin had been dating since middle school. He used to be so lively, cute. Now he was different. You still loved him obviously, you knew he was going to change, not be that little sugar kid forever, but you never thought it would be like this. It was hard looking out for him, caring for him. You almost made him feel insecure because you were everything he wasn’t. Strong, beautiful, sweet, kind despite the harshness of the world. He was living in toxic smoke and you were a breath of fres

Dustin Henderson

@Alex