Jenash

Welp I just did my yearly re-read of one of Dom's stories in which I hope he'll magically reappear once I finish, but I guess it didn't work this year either lol. Also I still really love The Ordinary Us.

Oh man please tell me you are going to finish this! I was so sad when I got to the end of this part and finally realized the story was still in progress. I've been reading through all of your stories and I love them but this one has me completely hooked! I love the atmosphere and group of friends you have created.

Sealing our Fate, by Josh? http://www.awesomedude.com/josh/SOF/index.htm

Omg yes! That's it! Thank you so much, it was driving me mad. There's no way I would have found it again on nifty. Also, wow way off on the names lol. Thanks for all the help everyone! As for nifty, I agree it can be a huge mess to go through, and possibly scarring at times lol, but I do believe I read my first DomLuca story there Thank goodness we have resources like GA now, though.

I wish I could remember more specific details, but I think it's been at least a couple years since I last read it. The only character name I can think of is Zeke, but I can't say for sure that I'm not confusing it with another story. I do think the author was male though. All I can remember is different scenes from the story. The popular boy was really good at english, so one of the guy's that owned the shop had him editing a story he had written about him and his partner. It was their story that was helping him figure out his own coming out, and to sort out his feelings for the artist boy. Also there was another older, college-aged guy who had a one-sided crush on the artist boy, and constantly got into arguments with the popular boy.

It's killing me that I can't quite remember this story, so I'm finally giving in and asking for help! The characters are in high school. One of the boys has a very obvious crush on the more popular boy and I think they get in some kind of public argument or fight about it at school. Then the popular one has to do some kind of community service at an antique store, where the other boy works too. He's an artist, but I think he helps out at the store too. An older gay couple run the store and kind of mentor the one boy on coming out. One of them changes their hair color a lot. At the end I think they both come out as a couple at school. I've been looking everywhere but I just can't seem to remember enough to make it actually searchable.