The Ahti/Norman Saga

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Series Begun:
2024-01-22
Series Updated:
2024-10-29
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The story of how Norman MacDonald falls in love with Ahti, learns to accept his feelings, and begins his first relationship with another man.

 

Alternate title: how (not) to deal with discovering you’re bisexual when you’re 70, a guide by Norman MacDonald.

Notes:

Some headcanons that were requested on tumblr.

Norman is a pretty good dancer, and Ahti has some moves too. They often dance to music on the jukebox when the room isn't too busy, and they have fun even if they occasionally fuck up. Tor and Odin love to tease them if they see them dancing, but they're not being mean. They wouldn't admit it, but they think Ahti and Norman are cute together.

Speaking of, Rose thinks they are adorable. Norman is a little overwhelmed by how supportive she is.

Pat once walked in on them when they were having sex. Cue Norman being unable to look at Pat for two weeks, whilst Ahti demanded that Blum fit a lock on Norman's door. Blum refused for safety reasons (so someone could reach Norman if he fell) so Ahti decided that putting something on the door should be a good way to tell people not to come in.

Post-breaking his hip, when Norman is in the Wellness Center after being discharged from the hospital, Ahti insists on sleeping there so Norman isn't lonely at night. Sometimes he sleeps in a nearby bed, but sometimes he carefully climbs into Norman's bed.

When he's stuck in bed recovering, Norman is incredibly bored. So, he starts getting back into a hobby he hasn't done in ages: poetry. He doesn't think he's especially good, but he enjoys it. He writes poems about his fellow residents, and a love poem for Ahti. It takes him a lot of nerves to show Ahti the poem, but Ahti is nothing but utterly delighted by the gift. As Norman discovers when he's back to living in the nursing home's main building, Ahti frames the poem and hangs it on his bedroom wall.

Once Norman's hip has healed but he's still too weak to walk without crutches (which is how I imagine him to be when met in AW2), Ahti will frequently pick Norman up and carry him bridal-style up the stairs when the crappy stairlift breaks, or just because he feels like it. Norman thinks it's hilarious but Rose is always worried Ahti might hurt himself. However, Ahti is weirdly strong for an old guy so he's fine.

Norman wants to start learning Finnish so he can understand a lot of the things Ahti says. Ahti is happy to teach him, although his teaching style is… unorthodox, let's say. But it works, and Norman gradually picks up more and more Finnish words.

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