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  1. Rec 11

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    "The chapters of Ronan's childhood storybook were full of lush, green hills and a forever blue sky; they were tales rife with magic, both from dreams and from being so unconditionally loved. His chapters had, of course, grown very dark very quickly and suddenly, but at least he still had those first pages. At least he had started in a fairytale, even if it later became a tragedy.

    But Adam Parrish's chapters had always been those of a horror story. No wonder—no fucking wonder—it had taken him so long to find his footing when suddenly presented with compassion. No wonder it was still a work in progress, even now."

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    10 Jul 2025

  2. Rec 21

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    “I came after church,” Ronan says eventually. “You didn’t answer.”
    “I wasn’t there,” Adam replies. “I was at work.”
    Ronan squints at Adam. “Never used to work on Sunday mornings.”
    Of course Ronan keeps Adam’s fucking schedule in the back of his mind. He’s odd and devoted like that. “My hours changed.”
    “So tell them to change them back.” And Adam knows Ronan knows. Ronan thinks something is up and is prodding at it just to piss Adam off, circling him and backing him closer and closer to the corner. He feels heat climb up the back of his neck like an insect in the dead of summer, and tries to imagine ice water dousing him.
    Adam grits his teeth. “It doesn’t work like that.” He’s fortunate that he has a job at all, he can’t afford to be particular about hours, especially with how long he spends at school, anyway. “Don’t be an ass.”
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    Adam loses his job at the factory. Adam gets a job at the local supermarket. He keeps it a secret. Everything's going to be fine.

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    02 Jul 2025

  3. Rec *

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    “Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t” — [idiom] meaning it is better to endure a difficult person or situation one is familiar with, even if it is painful, than to take a risk with an unknown person or thing.

     

    Ethan is still speaking—yelling—and Adam is—he’s a little nauseous. Part of him doesn’t want to be a part of this conversation at all, and a more traitorous part of him wants to call her back, but Ethan still has his cell phone.

    Adam thinks, isn’t this how everything went long last time? Adam hid paycheck stubs from his parents and got caught in his own web of lies. Now he’s lied to Ethan and he has been caught for that as well. He never learns. He always makes the same mistakes.

    Adam dampens his lips and chooses his next words carefully. “I don’t understand why you’re angry.”

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    29 Apr 2025

  4. Rec 6

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    The night that Ronan helps Adam move into his church apartment, he sleeps on the foot of his bed. Adam curls away from him, and Ronan isn’t sure what it means that he wants to reach out and touch him. No sudden movements, just to brush his hair off his forehead. Lightly trace his fingers against the shell of Adam’s newly deaf ear. 

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    13 Apr 2025

  5. Rec 8

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    It’s become a routine. Adam gets back, steps over Ronan to get to the bathroom, showers, does homework for an hour, then slides into his floor mattress and watches the rise and fall of Ronan’s chest until he falls asleep.

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    Adam has some mixed feelings about him and Ronan's sleepovers.

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    14 Apr 2025