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  1. Rec 23

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    In the small, watchful town of Marrow Creek, everyone knows Brando Abel, the pastor’s perfect son. Polite. Devout. Untouchable.
    Until Wilson Mercer steps into his life with a flyer and a soft smile.

    Wilson is new, quiet but not shy, observant in a way that makes Brando feel seen in places he’s spent his whole life trying to bury. He says he joined the church to “try new things,” but he always sits in the third pew on the left — the one with the clearest view of Brando.

    Brando tells himself it’s temptation. A test. A phase. He fasts longer. Prays harder. Avoids eye contact. But Wilson keeps showing up, to Sunday service, to youth volunteer events, to the late-night hymn practices Brando pretends are mandatory.

    And the worst part? Wilson never pushes.

    He just stays.

    As rumors begin to coil through the congregation and Brando’s father starts watching him a little too closely, Brando finds himself caught between the life he’s been raised to lead and the quiet, electric truth he feels every time Wilson smiles at him like he already knows.

    Wilson didn’t join the church for salvation.

    He joined for Brando.

    And Brando is running out of places to hide.

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    230,459
    Chapters:
    33/33
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    25 Apr 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 6

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    Twila goes looking for some new music. Ivanna might have something for her.

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    She palms her paperback again, ready to sink into a story she knows almost better than her own. But a flash of color catches at the corner of her eye and she raises her head without thinking. It takes her longer than it should to process what she sees.

    The woman is all tousled blonde curls and wide green eyes with an even wider grin. She’s wearing an insane patchwork coat with fuzzy fur cuffs and a red t-shirt with…something written on it. Her high-waisted flare Levis cinch in at her waist just so. Ivanna has never seen someone so American in her life. 

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    10/?
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    49
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    14 Mar 2026

  3. Rec *

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    BASED OFF THE CHARACTERS IN CONAN GRAY'S "THIS SONG" MUSIC VIDEO!

    in which..

    Wilson, a quiet, art-obsessed boy returns to his dusty Texas hometown after a year away, still carrying the weight of all the things he never said to his best friend, who still calls him every week, still laughs like nothing's changed, and is the towns golden boy.

     

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    Brando, a boy who's always been good at pretending starts to unravel when his best friend comes home looking older, softer, and somehow like every unsaid thing he's been trying not to think about, especially when he shows up wearing his jacket like it means something.

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    Chapters:
    57/57
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    29 Dec 2025

  4. Rec 26

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    Summer 1995. Every year, Wilson Favre trades his home in suburban Texas for the salt marshes of Brittany, France, where he spends his days sketching birds and helping his grandfather harvest salt. But this summer, the quiet rhythm of the seaside is broken: a Hollywood hotel tycoon arrives with plans to build along the coastline, leaving the village uneasy. As the only fluent English speaker in town, Wilson is pulled into the commotion when he’s asked to help the businessman’s son, Brando, learn to sail.

    Brando Anderson is everything Wilson isn’t: dashing, dazzling, the kind of boy everyone on the beach seems to orbit—be it giddy towngirls gazing from afar or sturdy surfers clamoring for his handshakes. Wilson, used to living on the margins, knows he shouldn’t hope for more. Yet, as the summer heatens, the boys grow closer, choosing to bask in each other’s blinding light—regardless of the possibly imminent sunburn.

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    Chapters:
    5/?
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    105
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    26
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    2,142

    29 Dec 2025

  5. Rec 6

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    Wilson Dekker thought that leaving his hometown was the hardest thing he’s ever done. He quickly realizes that learning to stay might be harder than running away.

    It turns out the summer has a way of stirring up the memories of everything left behind: the lake where they grew up, the years of sketchbook pages, and the heart that still hasn’t figured out how to stop belonging to Brando Ellis, even after months of silence.

    Meanwhile, Brando’s just trying to keep his head above water between soccer, family pressure, and the weight of being who everyone wants him to be it’s getting harder to pretend he’s not miserable. Then he gets a postcard.

    Caught between who they were and who they’ve become, Wilson and Brando spend the summer circling old memories, old mistakes, and a love neither of them is ready to name.

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    English
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    41,125
    Chapters:
    22/22
    Comments:
    122
    Kudos:
    71
    Bookmarks:
    6
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    1,315

    29 Dec 2025