3 Works by SmallBirdRising
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But like so many things in her life, the weight of this overcomes her, and she’s trapped in a familiar misery of her own devising. No matter how much she’s grown in the past few years, it always returns to her: a wild dog she’s made the mistake of feeding too many times. She thought she’d been smart. She’s fought so hard to not get attached; it’s not like she’d given it a name or let it inside her home. But sometimes she wakes up in her bed and and it’s there, watching her sleep with beady eyes, and then it settles on top of her chest and she’ll fall asleep with its teeth sunk in her throat and it’s going to snap her neck like she’s a bird caught its jaws and she loathes it–
Maybe this analogy isn’t working.
What's up with Janine's breathing?
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Gregory’s right: Avi truly isn’t Zach. He’s a cat person. He listens to dad rock. He’s a total cinephile. He’s able to tell stories without getting totally off-track, yet somehow calls it endearing when Jacob does. He likes it when Jacob brings work drama on their dates and doesn’t let him apologize when he feels like he’s dumping a bunch of irrelevant information on him. He thinks it’s cute when Jacob has morning stubble. He’s not ashamed to introduce Jacob to his friends. He wants to go dancing– in public. The more time they spend together, the more he’s reminded that none of these qualities are remotely Zach-like. But, more importantly, they’re not Jacob-like, either.
Or: Jacob has to come to terms with the fact that he might, maybe, just a teensy weensy little bit be in love with a certain paramedic.
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The dinging of his phone interrupts his train of thought, and he unlocks it to a string of texts from Caleb.
Caleb
Yo
Mel told me yall went out last night
Sounded pretty wild
U good?He chews the corner of his thumb, contemplating how much information he should share. He knows Caleb still looks up to him; better to not bog him down with details of his poor choices. He manages to get a quick and vague “super hungover rn” out before his guts churn again and he has to resume the activity of emptying the newly ingested substance into the toilet.
Or: Jacob Hill has spent his entire life fixing his problems alone. But when something is undeniably wrong with him, his family shows him that maybe he doesn't have to be.