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He’s twelve when he’s left on his own in the upperworld. His mother has promised him a special treat that day, and he follows her quietly through the door she’s drawn. She’d knocked, and the drawing was more than a drawing, suddenly, with white light and noise spilling through into his little corner of hell as it opened, and when he steps through, Betelgeuse sees blue skies and green grass for the first time in his unlife. He takes another step, and another and another, and suddenly he’s running and laughing and jumping and the air up here is different, but good, and he takes breaths he doesn't need because it feels nice, and he turns to her again to try and entice her to play with him- And the door is gone. He stands there, staring at the nothingness where she and it had been, and realization hits him hard, because he’s twelve, and he’s been left on his own. (Beetlejuice au- BJ is adopted by Charles and Emily Deetz at a young age. Eventual BJ/Maitlands ship, no BJ/Lydia even a little at all so no worries.)

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