3 Works by Amselei
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“Alex,” Michael says. His voice is quiet. He looks down, but he can’t see Alexis like this. The moon doesn’t shine. Everything’s drenched in darkness. “I fucking hate all these lies. I want to hear you say it. Now. Here.” His left hand hangs by his side, cold and hot at the same time, and he withstands the urge to ball it into a fist.
Alexis’ breath is the only thing visible in the half-light. It comes out in small puffs of foggy air.
Alexis’ behavior has been bizarre for weeks now. Michael thinks that there's only one possible explanation: He’s about to end things with Michael. But if there’s a possible explanation, that always means there’s an impossible explanation as well.
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Usually, Michael picks at the scab and drains the pus and then it’s always better for a while. But sooner rather than later, it itches again and so he picks at it once more. And on and on it goes. He will reveal what lies beneath it. One day, he will. One day, he will tear it all off, repay the wound with one of his own, one so painful Alexis will not be able to ignore it anymore. Alexis will leave him.
And Michael will have his answer: This far. No further.
Kaiser ruminates on a wound Ness inflicted on him long ago: weakness.
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In a small town near Munich, two children strike up a friendship. In the years that follow, they grow up into twisted shapes hopelessly entangled with each other. Torn between heavy expectations, voiceless desires, and the metronome of football matches, Alexis Ness tries to be good enough for Michael Kaiser.
“Do you want to execute me, Michi?”
Michael laughed again and patted his cheek. “Would you let me?” he asked. His voice rose and fell in a playful pattern, as if this were a match rather than a conversation.
One-two passes. That was what he was good for. So Alexis passed the ball back to Michael. “If you wanted it. Whatever you want. You can do whatever you want. But you know that,” he said with a soft smile.
Michael looked down at him curiously, then brushed his left hand against Alexis’ throat. The tips of his fingers hovered over his Adam’s apple and pressed down lightly. “I guess I do,” he admitted.
A chronicle of Ness’ and Kaiser’s backstory.
Written and published before chapter 242 was released.— — —
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