Hush_3
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The words register and Paul barely keeps back an incredulous laugh. Is Lennon… is he really trying it on with Paul? There’s no hiding the implication; it’s the same way Paul’s approached whores on the street, thriving on the ignominy of it all. Lennon must be taking the piss.
If he is having Paul on, well, two can play at that game.
Or: John and Paul don't meet at the fete. They meet in Hamburg and come together and apart differently.
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08 Jan 2026
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When 14 year old Paul McCartney stumbles across a journal that allows him to rewrite any day and live it as he chooses, he writes for friendship, fame, money, and most importantly, the fate of John Lennon.
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- Part 1 of Dear Friend Trilogy
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08 Jan 2026
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He will give in to this weekend-long fantasy that they have all remained in contact consistently over the years. He will furthermore give in to the fantasy that Mike will let him in one more time.
Will will let himself believe that Mike is going to risk his wife and kid for a weekend fling with the boy he loved all those summers ago. He will believe that just for 2 more days.
Mike and Will drunkenly hook up at Mike's family cottage.
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02 Jan 2026
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“What did you mean, ‘we’re not friends anymore’?” Will demands.
“Oh god,” Mike says faintly, because he can’t think of a single other thing to say.
“It’s Will, actually,” Will says. “Or maybe you forgot that in the five years since you last bothered to speak to me before you sent me this.”
He unfolds his arms to brandish a crumpled envelope in Mike’s face, and he knows without even looking at his own handwriting on the front exactly what it is.
(or, the summer after all his friends graduate from college, mike writes will a letter to say goodbye. predictably, nothing about this goes as planned.)
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02 Jan 2026
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“You kept my painting,” Will says. Sure enough, there’s the heart on Mike’s shield, just as red as the day Will painted it. It was Will’s heart that he painted, maybe. It was also Will’s heart that he pulled out and molded into the lie he thought Mike needed to hear, halfway between Salt Lake City and a secret government bunker in Nevada.
Will’s heart is in his throat now, and in Mike’s hands, and on Mike’s wall, framed and carefully displayed.
They stand there in silence for a minute, Will on one side of the room and Mike on the other and too many years of radio silence in between. The quiet is so heavy it’s like a weight on Will’s chest, crushing him, applying pressure—but to a wound or to a bruise, he doesn’t know.
“Will,” Mike says. “Why are you here?”
(or, will has some realizations and a lot of hard conversations, and not every loss is forever.)
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- Part 3 of boys in bars
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02 Jan 2026