Fics like Pictures of You

On the way, he passes by the living room, hesitating when he sees an unfamiliar box on the coffee table. He pads over, curiosity piqued, to find that it’s full of old photos. He vaguely remembers a box like this in one, tucked away in a closet at his parents house. Full of photos of him and his brothers’ childhoods. Landmark events like birthdays and anniversaries captured on his parents' old camera. Back when his parents would give them disposable film cameras every once in a blue moon to entertain themselves, having to get them developed at the 1 Hour Photo a town over, back before they all begged for the new generation of iPods (with cameras!) in middle school. The photos in this box have the same familiar grain, that specific quality that is so hard to replicate with an iPhone camera, regardless of how hard Dennis’s college friends would try for their artsy Instagram posts. But these aren’t childhood photos. Jack and Robby look like they’re at least college-aged in these, maybe older. Jack must have been feeling sentimental yesterday when Dennis and Robby were at work.

Fics like Pictures of You

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