Acceptance || MxM

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Summary

After getting away from his cruel father's tyranny, Randall has to learn how to live and accept the person he was meant to be - with a little help from a local bartender... ***** An empty shell is all that's left of twenty-five-year-old Randall now. After his homophobic father found out he was gay, he had to learn to act someone else to survive through the years of abuse and humiliation. Now he has forgotten the person he once was. He refuses to remember the person he was supposed to be. Emotionally detached and unable to create relationships, Randall's lonely days repeat themselves in the same destructive pattern: go to work, work out, watch TV, and drink, with no way out of that dark, miserable corner he has built for himself. When a gay bar opens doors in his neighborhood, the fragile balance he has created with himself is in danger of being destroyed when his true self tries to break free. To make things worse, there is a new guy at his gym. A kind guy who has a nice voice and loves talking people's ears off. A guy who can see his suffering. A guy who can teach Randall how to feel once again.

Status
Complete
Chapters
34
Rating
4.9 16 reviews
Age Rating
18+

Welcome!

Welcome and thank you for your interest in my little story <3

This story started as a short story. “Nine chapters, that’s about it, 15k words, yes.” Yeahhhh so I have a problem with writing little stories, so this one grew up to be 80k words long with 50 parts and a double-pov [Edit 2025, now 105k words]

This story has quite a heavy themes, but it is a healing journey, so I hope you enjoy it <3

-Dolly G-


EDIT 2025

This story has now reached its final form.

I hope you enjoy this new bigger and sparklier version of the story <3




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Trigger Warnings (with spoilers):

Physical/Verbal Abuse and Violence - This is the major trigger warning since the story starts with these scenes and will continue as flash-backs

Self-Harming and Suicide - there is no self-harming, and the MCs are not suicidal, but Randall will have a panic attack that will cause him to try to end his life in chapter 8

Language - Very strong language with a lot of degrading and homophobic words

Violence - The story will start with violence and a stabbing, and there will be flashbacks, in both Randall’s and Cole’s pov

Alcohol and Drugs - Alcohol will be used (the setting is a gay bar), no drugs

Sex - Consensual sex scenes between males