VibingInTheBackground



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    Benoit thinks about the restlessness in Jud, the way he is a breath away from a new set of bruised knuckles. Imagines him in the ring, formidable and unsettled and angry, so angry. And then: Jud in the warm light of the church, Jud on the phone to Julie, gentle and kind and so very good that it almost aches.

    or: a study in love as faith.

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    His first mistake is not picking up the phone. 

    In Jud’s defense, it’s been a long fucking day. And not one that he’s keen to recount. 

    He’s kept the damn thing turned off for most of the day. As a rule, he stays fairly available on Sundays, but—well, extenuating circumstances call for extreme reactions. Thankfully, he had kept enough of his head after Mass to force a shutdown instead of what he wanted to do, which was to hurl it against the wall and watch it shatter into a million tiny pieces. 

    Night is young, though. 

     

    Or: A Wicks truther comes after Jud in the middle of Mass. He's fine. Benoit disagrees.

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    It’s winter in Ottawa and Ilya has hunkered down in his big, empty mansion to weather a nasty flu. Then his phone buzzes.

    — Guardian™ Security Alert: Movement detected at front door
    — (1) Missed Call: Yuna Hollander

    Or: The Hollanders have a new son to take care of. Ilya has no idea what’s going on.

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    “He was there,” Elena interrupted him. “At your graduation.”

    Kip froze, turning to stare at the phone on his comforter with his shoes still hanging from his hands. “Who was there?”

    “Who else? Scott Hunter.”

    He felt like the floor was falling out from under him. Had he drunk more than he thought? There was no way Elena had just said what he thought she’d said. No matter how much he wanted it to be true.

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    Vignettes of Scott and Kip's kiss. It changes more than a few lives that night. These are just some of them.

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