Words Mean Things

(Crossposted from Tumblr; SFW; 2872 words; 2nd person; Female Fetch Reader/Female Changeling/Male Fae; light body horror, polyamory, kissing, faery drama, self-discovery, in a very literal sense, this turned out way longer and way more allegorical than I intended)

They say that college is a place to discover yourself.

You're pretty sure that when most people say that, at most colleges, it's a figure of speech. Get out into the world, try new things, break out of your high school persona. For most people.

You, on the other hand, were in the process of hauling your stuff into your freshman dorm, arms full of a box of bedding and brickabrack, when you turned and found yourself face to face with yourself.

( You, both of you, yelped. )