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1. If Anybody Asks I’ll say You’re Coming Back by desperately_human

   Fandoms: Simon & Garfunkel  

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   02 Jul 2025

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   • Art Garfunkel & Paul Simon
   • Art Garfunkel/Paul Simon
   • Art Garfunkel
   • Paul Simon
   • Vignettes
   • Bittersweet
   • Phone Calls
   • making up and breaking up
   • A series of memories of a complicated relationship
   • Ambiguous Relationships
   • Ambiguous/Open Ending

   Summary

   “Today was good,” Artie says to him as they sit on the edge of the wooden riser that comprises their backstage, a familiar old smoke break even if neither of them smokes anymore. Litter drifts by in the breeze and heaps itself in piles against the wooden fence in front of them.
   “We were good,” Paul answers. A silence, but an easy one, and then Artie starts to stand up and Paul grabs his sleeve to pull him back down. “We should keep doing this.”
   “This?” Artie gestures at the litter, the dingy concrete step.
   “Performing. Idiot.” Paul shakes his head, “Come on the rest of the tour.”
   In his head, Artie has already said yes. He is booking them dinner at that vegetarian place in Chicago. He is dreaming up a new set list.
   “I don’t think so,” Artie says instead.

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