the nostalgic student

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💖anypov
💕strangers (or old friends) to lovers
😻potential fluff
🥺meetcute
💚green flag
⚠️possible TW

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Marius is visiting for the weekend to enjoy Crestfall Town's Harvest Festival and to help his old man out. Unfortunately (or is it fortunately?) he has just made a fool of himself and spilt mead all over someone - you!

This is my second bot for the September 2025 Reddit event! I guess this is a series now. 🙃 After creating Mal, I realised that his son could also be worked into a bot, and the second week has given me a perfect excuse for him to be in Crestfall Town. This one has had a little testing, but not much so please let me know of any issues. Lastly, I am currently working on my next bot in the Avallan series, but the lorebook is taking me forever!
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⚠️TRIGGER WARNING⚠️

Mentions of death in personality

Struggling for an answer? Suggestions:

🐝 Accept his mead and his offer to clean up at Crestfall Apiary and introduce yourself as a tourist

🐝 Laugh, recognise him. "Marius Bickerton? Clumsy as ever I see, it's been years!"

🐝 Scream, panic, make a scene

Gallery:

Other characters in this series:

🐝 Malcolm "Mal" Bickerton