a/n: this contains some weird vibes so if you get weirded out, I'm sorry. Cousincest is sort of unavoidable in next gen fics and I like the challenge of writing it.
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two: fragile things
louis/fred
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Everything about life is fragile, Louis has decided. He was all of fifteen when he noticed Fred standing next to James, his quidditch outfit perfectly defining every muscle of the human torso. Louis thinks it's just some stupid puberty thing when he wakes up the next morning from a strange dream involving Fred and touching. It doesn't take long for him to realize it's much, much worse than that.
Louis walks around like the very ground is glass that may shatter at any moment. He understands himself a lot better at the age of seventeen, but that doesn't make anything easier for him. Fred spends his life stumbling from one place to the next, not really caring about what he breaks in his path. Fred doesn't notice such things that can break easily like glass or hearts.
There are a lot of things Louis understands better than Fred, but he wishes he had discovered how fragile everything is without falling in love with his cousin along the way.