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    "Andrew’s arm slides around Neil’s waist, slow enough that Neil could stop him if he wanted to. He doesn’t. He lets Andrew pull him in against his chest, one arm tight around him, solid and unyielding. Protective, though against what, Neil isn’t sure.

    The heat of Andrew’s body sinks into him almost immediately, thawing some of the chill lodged deep in his bones. Neil hadn’t realized just how cold he was until now. He curls closer without thinking about it.

    Andrew’s hand spreads flat against his side, slipping under his shirt carefully. “You’re freezing,” he mutters after a minute.

    “It’s just cold in here.” Neil closes his eyes and adds, “But you’re warm.”

    Andrew makes a quiet, irritated sound at that, but he doesn’t let go. Neil lets himself sink into the warmth instead of thinking about the blood or the pain or the way his body feels increasingly foreign to him. He focuses on Andrew’s heartbeat beneath his cheek. The steady rise and fall of his breathing. Eventually, Andrew’s grip tightens almost imperceptibly around him, like he’s afraid Neil might disappear if he loosens it too much."

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    Neil isn't feeling well, but he's fine. Totally fine. Nothing to worry about here!

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    03 Jul 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 5

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    Andrew reached forward, letting his hand peak through the sleeve of his oversized sweatshirt, and looped the errant curl. Neil leaned into the movement, even before Andrew was using it to yank Neil closer.

    Neil paused and looked up at Andrew, assessing again. Neil knew what Andrew was after. It was usually one of their safe touches these days – along with hand-holding and hair playing – but Neil would never have thought to ask here.

    Andrew nodded.

    Incrementally, Neil gave himself to Andrew, loose and completely, letting his head fall onto the blonde's shoulder - his whole weight into the crook of Andrew's neck.

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    A sort of 5+1 where Andrew helps Neil fall asleep five time and one time Neil returns the favour.

    Featuring the foxes being their totally nonchalant selves and lots and lots of cuddles :)

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    03 Jul 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 2

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    The first migraine happened on a Thursday.
    Remus remembered that later because Thursdays were usually good days.
    Teddy had football after school on Thursdays. He came home loud and grass-stained and starving, talking so fast he tripped over half his words. Thursdays meant pasta because it was cheap and filling and easy to make while supervising spelling homework.
    Normal.
    Ordinary.

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    02 Jul 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 4

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    "What?"
    “Hang. With us.” One hand flopped vaguely toward the windows, the houses, all of Figure Eight sliding by in big lit-up chunks. “Could be out on boats with those assholes. Eat fish eggs ‘n shit. Wear stupid white shorts. Act like… Pogues smell weird.”

    Kie looked at him. He smelled like blood and Jack Daniel’s and beach smoke. There were cuts on his face and he was using her shoulder as structural support.

    “I’m in a truck with you bleeding on me,” she said. “I think I got over that.”

    ***
    Truth is in the wine.
    Or in JJ’s case, the whiskey.

    And if the whiskey had anything to say about it, the beach fight was fine. Kissing Lana Turner was fine. Bleeding on Kie was fine-adjacent. Holding her hand in Boone’s truck was probably something they could all be normal about.

    Going home was the part that might be a problem.

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    24 Jun 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 5

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    He was happy now, John B reminded himself. Happy and safe and better. That's the word everyone kept using for him. Teachers and parents and cashiers would whisper towards John B when his friend wasn’t listening: “Oh he just looks so much better!” they would say, eyes softening as they looked at the blonde. John B couldn’t help but feel his stomach tighten at those words. He had thought, all those months ago, before the long sleeves and the therapies and the tears that JJ was getting better, getting out of his slump, and then he had found him.

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    Or, JJ is finally healing from his abrupt suicide attempt, and John B is having a hard time believing it

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    24 Jun 2026