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    Eddie doesn’t like showing it when he’s scared. Wayne always knows, though. He knew every time Eddie appeared on his doorstep with no warning, small and trembling with a dirty, oversized backpack packed with snacks and worn stuffed animals. He knew when Eddie was taller, a little bit too skinny and too tough for his age, when his dad finally ended up in prison and the government finally let Wayne's kid be his kid. He knew when Eddie was in middle school, friendless and angry and paranoid, when Wayne stumbled upon a stash of porno mags while he was looking for drugs.

    So he knows now.

    {in which Wayne doesn't meet Steve until quite a while after he and Eddie start dating}

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    21 Feb 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 26

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    Odd birds flock together.

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    13 Jan 2026

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    beloveds <3

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    The sixth time, Ray fills in the end of one of Pete’s jokes and Hank Olson says, “Do you two know each other?”

    “Yeah,” Pete says, grinning at Ray, watching him flush. “We go way back.”

     

    Or, the road doesn't want 50 people dead on it each year. This creates a great deal of trouble for the boys it decides can stop that.

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    07 Dec 2025

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    long walk time loop fic to end all long walk time loop fics

  4. Public Bookmark 77

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    AKA: this must be the place

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    the college roommates au where stebbins incredulously explains to ray that its actually kinda gay to play competitive masturbation games with your best friend. this inspires ray to experiment with a couple hypotheses.

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    04 Dec 2025

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    beautiful hilarious wonderful i love them

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    Garraty clears his throat, then asks, “What about you, Pete? You got a lady?”

    McVries holds Garraty’s gaze for a moment, intensely, then says, “No, Ray. No, I don’t.”

    Every molecule of Raymond Garraty slows to a snail’s pace. McVries peers at him, dark eyes half-lidded, smiling softly. Garraty feels a little like he’s fallen behind in a race he didn’t know he was running.

    They keep looking at each other, silently, until McVries’s lips quirk up like Garraty’s said something funny, and he lifts his bottle to his lips. 

    “What is it?” Garraty asks. “What’s so funny?”

    McVries shakes his head, still wearing that knowing smile. “Nothing, Ray. Not a thing.”

    Ray Garraty and Peter McVries fuck around, get together, and fall in love. Not necessarily in that order.

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    02 Dec 2025