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    A Very Important Note!
    At some point in the not too distant future, The World of Wait and Hope will be removed from Ao3. As soon as I have a specific date, I'll be sure to update! In the meantime, please feel free to download copies of the series to save for yourself if you'd like to have them! You can find me (and more information on my traditional publishing journey!) on instagram as @amandagaylewrites. I owe this story and the fandom who has loved it a tremendous amount of gratitude, and I cannot wait for y'all to see it in its next iteration.

    The World of Wait and Hope is intended to be read in the same order the entries are listed in the series:

    1. Wait and Hope
    2. Beginning and End
    3. Sight and Seeing
    4. Picked and Planted
    5. The Couch Collection

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    22 Oct 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 16

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    23 Jun 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 11

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    Did Quint think that, just because Hooper was rich and college-educated, he slept with men? Or did he know Hooper did? What would have happened if he had thrown a punch? Would Quint have pinned him down, made him beg for mercy while calling him a slur? Or would he have ground against the younger man’s back and told him he needed a good fuck to calm down?

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    22 Jun 2025

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    'So, it turns out I don’t know to change the timer on the central heating in my apartment. I guess you always did it for me. Guess I’m wearing a hat to bed tonight.'

    It’s funny how the space a person leaves behind can sometimes feel just as substantial as the person themselves.

    In the three years since John died, Alex has been fine. Totally fine. Restless-leg-syndrome fine. Twitter-arguments-at-3am fine. But still, he texts John’s old number now and then. There’s a comfort in flinging words into a digital ravine, and no one but him ever sees the messages, so no harm done, right?

    Then John’s number gets reassigned, and suddenly there’s someone listening, and Alex might have to confront the fact that sometimes the digital ravine shouts back.

    (So it's a bit of angst, pretending to be a romcom, with a sprinkling of text-fic elements. Something for everyone)

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    20 Jan 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 67

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    Hamilton invites Jefferson to a party. Jefferson just didn't know it was THAT kind of party, but he also has some ideas on how to make it better.

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    15 Jan 2025