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Eddie's wife has been dead for two weeks. There's a firefighter in bed five. These are not necessarily related facts, but Eddie will have a hard time separating them out, later.
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A story, in many ways, about holding hands
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22 Mar 2025
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Jamie has this dream, sometimes. It starts, and he can’t breathe, and he can’t wake up.
It’s like: He’s in a car, and he’s driving real fucking fast, and for some reason it’s dark out and he can’t see for shit but he’s still not slowing down.
It’s like: He doesn’t want to slow down.
It’s like: He’s in a car, and he’s driving real fucking fast, and for some reason it’s dark out and he can’t see for shit but he’s still not slowing down and there’s a cliff rising in front of him, closer and closer and closer, and he might not be able to see for shit but for some reason he can see that cliff and the empty abyss beyond it.
It’s like: He knows the cliff is coming and he doesn’t want to slow down.
Jamie has this dream, sometimes. It ends, and he wakes up, and he still can’t breathe.
[ the mom city fix-it. in which james tartt sr. dies, and jamie is haunted by a ghost. ]
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09 Mar 2025
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staring down the barrel of the hot sun by magneticwave
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, The Mandalorian (TV)
16 Feb 2021
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“Gone to a Child of the Watch, the Darksaber has,” Grand Master Yoda announces in his creaky little voice. “Peace, there is not, and yet peace, there must be.”
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04 Sep 2024
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“It’s my stomach,” Carmy rasps, and god his throat hurts from all that acid. “It’s like I got shot.”
Despite all the chaos, Richie shoots him an exasperated look. “No offense, dude, but your ass has never been shot.”Abuse of a certain liquid antacid leads to trouble for Carmy.
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28 Jul 2024