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    Creek catches Branch singing for the first time in 20 years.

    Tangled in a web of curiosity and drowning in guilt, he regains some past motivation. It wouldn't be hard to return Branch to his original color, right? I'm sure we all know the answer to that one. Unsurprising, it’s increasingly difficult right out the gate when they can't settle down on equal terms. The two trolls had never been peaceful with each other and it seems like they never will... until Poppy twists Branch's arm into giving haven to the only yoga instructor in the entire village.

    Through endless emotional strife and turmoil, Branch and Creek become closer in familiar ways while sweet memories lose their sense of reality, sprinkled with pain.

    Death of major character warning. (not that major, tbh)
    Suicide/self harm warning. (actually major)
    Depression and other sensitive topics warning.

    Consider yourself warned.

    This story takes place after becoming friends with the Bergens. Creek never betrayed the village trolls and he is imagined to have a more gentle, understanding attitude, while Branch is colorless and haunted by depression.

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