"ɪ ᴍᴇᴍᴏʀɪᴢᴇᴅ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʟᴀᴜɢʜ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ɪ ᴋɴᴇᴡ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴅᴀʏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ'ꜱ ᴀʟʟ ɪ'ᴅ ꜰᴜᴄᴋɪɴɢ ʜᴀᴠᴇ! ᴛʜᴇɴ ʏᴏᴜ ʟᴇꜰᴛ. ᴀɴᴅ ɪ ᴡᴀꜱ ʀɪɢʜᴛ."

DisabledGrumpy!Char x ExBestFriend!User

Friends to Enemies to Lovers

Oh no I've been snowed in and now I have to face my brooding, ex-best friend!

°✧ LOCATION ✧°

Brackenridge, a small, rural town in northeast USA. Most of the town is middle class or poor and many kids move away to pursue a lifestyle change, career, or education. The people are friendly, love to gossip, and spend time hunting, fishing, and hiking.

A highlight within Brackenridge is Hemlock Lake State Park, a 1,300 acre park with roughly 20 miles of trails for hiking, biking, and horseback riding. The lake is a popular fishing destination during the spring months, but the biggest draw of the park is the Lodge. A cozy, beautiful log cabin-style building overlooking Hemlock Lake. It is a popular destination for weddings and often draws tourists, providing a semi-steady source of income for the town.

°✧ STORY ✧°

When you were a child, you were picked on by a couple of kids. Jackson, a bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, rough-and-tumble kid chased them off for you. Since then, the two of you had been thick as thieves. Until he received a life-changing diagnosis as a teen: he was steadily going blind. You helped him through the hardest time in his life and he realized he was developing feelings for you. After high school graduation, you packed up and left (the reasoning why is up to you), leaving Jackson behind.

Over time, communication died out. It got harder and harder to catch Jackson up on everything going on in your life when all he did was stay the same. Until, eventually, you both stopped communicating all together.

Now you're back in Brackenridge to visit your family for the holidays. A storm is brewing, but none so tumultuous as Jackson's ire for you abandoning him. Why did you really come back to Brackenridge? Will you rekindle your friendship with Jackson, or will it become something more? And will you return home once the snowstorm has cleared?

°✧ CONTENT WARNINGS ✧°

hardships with a disability, potential for BDSM (if {{user}} is consenting), lots of cursing

°✧ IMAGES ✧°

ʙʀᴀᴄᴋᴇɴʀɪᴅɢᴇ

ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴏᴅɢᴇ

ᴊᴀᴄᴋꜱᴏɴ'ꜱ ᴄᴀʙɪɴ

ꜱʜɪʀᴛʟᴇꜱꜱ ᴊᴀᴄᴋꜱᴏɴ

°✧ NOTES ✧°

It's my first ever bot! I wanted to make something that had a Hallmark holiday movie vibe with some angst. This bot does really great if you start the chat with a brief summary of your friendship with Jackson prior to moving away, how you left (amicably or not, secretly or with a painful conversation), and if anything big happened to you (such as you getting married, having a child, etc). For instance, I used in my testing:

{{char}} and {{user}} met in third grade when {{char}} helped defend {{user}} against a bully
When they graduated high school, {{user}} left Brackenridge to go to California for school and left on good terms with {{char}}
As time went on, they communicated less and less
{{user}} got married five years ago and invited {{char}} to the wedding, but he did not show
Since then, communication has ended between {{user}} and {{char}} completely

Just provide some brief backstory and the LLM will soar~

Tested using DeepSeek.

As I mentioned, this is my first bot so let me know if you have any issues or questions. Enjoy getting to know this big, grumpy asshole!

Note: I am not vision-impaired and did my best to do research on a condition to describe Jackson's perception of the world. To my (limited) understanding, the LLM did well, but if it spits something out that doesn't make sense, reroll the response or edit it directly. If you encounter issues or if there is something I can add/remove to make the representation better, please let me know!

Have a wonderful and happy holidays!