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1. Waiting For Cars in the Desert by JuleStarz

   Fandoms: The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch (2019)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   04 Dec 2025

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Theodore Decker/Boris Pavlikovsky
   • Boris Pavlikovsky
   • Theodore Decker
   • Popchyk (The Goldfinch)
   • Larry Decker
   • Xandra (The Goldfinch)
   • Audrey Decker
   • Underage Drinking
   • Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
   • Drugs
   • Underage Drug Use
   • Implied/Referenced Suicide
   • Implied/Referenced Self-Harm
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Internal Conflict
   • Angst
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Las Vegas Era (The Goldfinch)
   • One Shot
   • Hangover

   Summary

   "—And you get tired of walking and lay yourself down into the sand. And you ask me to leave you there to die. Remember that?"
   ____________________________

   A personal take on one of Theo's episodes during the Vegas era, told from Boris's perspective.

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   English

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