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"Christ, Max, I hope your communication skills improve before Michael is my age. I don't think the latest parenting books really advocate for giving a teenager the silent treatment when there's a learning opportunity at hand. Or is it safe to assume that you wouldn't treat your own kid this way? I understand, you know. A lot of my clients are like that. The politicians? They'd never touch a real kid, especially not their own. It's just not worth the scandal, not when there's always a bought and paid-for whore available, no questions asked."
That was it. That was the tipping point. Max's head snaps up, and he glares at Ash with a vitriol Ash has never seen on him before. He takes a half step closer to Ash, leaning in, and Ash instinctively braces himself for the incoming hands on his body.
"This, Ash! This is my problem!" Max screams. His voice doesn't quite break, but it's got the desperate, unsteady pitch that comes on near a vocal passaggio. "Have I really not made that clear to you by now?"
Max wasn't ready to parent a teenager, not yet. Sometimes he makes mistakes, and sometimes he's even forgiven.
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26 Nov 2025
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"Sorry," Ash mumbled. He was starting to feel a little stupid again for his little outburst. "Sorry I told you all that..." He gestured vaguely. "All that shit."
"It's okay," Eiji replied, "I'm happy you told me. But... I didn't know you feel that way, Ash. I knew that you pretend it's okay sometimes. But..." He frowned. "I didn't know you blame yourself this much. For what happened."
Blame himself? Did Ash really do that? He didn't really think he did. But...
Ash had it coming.
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23 Sep 2025
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With time, though, Ash learns to accept that implausible events are simply commonplace when Blanca is involved.
The way he saw Ash in that motel with the rope still around his wrists, and he didn't touch him. Or, well—Blanca touched him; he held him, but he didn't ...
Talk about implausible, right?
When all you've known is the dark, a flaming bag of shit looks a lot like a beacon.
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09 Sep 2025
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The first time Shorter sees the kid, he makes the obvious conclusion.
They're in fucking juvie, the tiny blond can't be more than fifteen, and he has a face like that.
So, yeah, the kid's in for hooking. Duh.
A fateful first meeting.
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03 Sep 2025
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Ash was everything Eiji’s mother warned him about, everything she told him to fear, everything she commanded him to avoid at all costs. And yet, Eiji was certain, he’d never get enough. Ash was a walking, breathing vice, yet all Eiji wanted was to cling to him and absorb into his skin.
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31 Aug 2025