Fics like everybody here’s got something heavy (i’ll shoulder it a while if you just want a night off)

After his best friend dies in a tragic workplace accident, Apollo is desperate for an escape. He takes a sabbatical from his law job, packs up his apartment, and moves to his foster father’s old abandoned farm in Stardew Valley. What he’s looking for is a change of scenery, a project he can sink his teeth into to distract himself from the suffocating weight of Clay’s loss. What he finds is Trucy Wright, his teenage neighbour hellbent on inserting herself into his life, and Klavier Gavin, a famous musician who knows exactly what it’s like to want to hide from your problems. Apollo doesn’t need friends and he certainly doesn’t need a boyfriend. If he doesn’t let anyone get close, then he won’t get hurt again when they inevitably leave him behind. Besides, he only intends to stay on the farm for a couple of seasons anyway. Why allow himself to get attached to people he’s only going to lose? Why fall for Klavier when he’s only going to break his heart? However, as Apollo will soon learn, time really does heal all wounds, and love has a way of taking root whether you want it to or not. (Stardew Valley AU. Written for the Klapollo Minibang 2025.)

Fics like everybody here’s got something heavy (i’ll shoulder it a while if you just want a night off)

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