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    “I’m never, ever breaking up with you,” Naim says softly. He rotates his left wrist, showcasing the 'Ryan’s' in rolling cursive peeking out from underneath his watch. Ryan’s eyes flicker to it. “I would never leave you. I just don’t know how to do all of this stuff right. Talking through things. Marriage. Reckon it might be nice to have some help."

    After 12 years together, Naim decides it's finally time for them to see a couples therapist and really figure out this healthy communication thing. They receive a little book called the 5 love languages.

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    01 Oct 2026

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    Her brother. Her baby brother who used to run around and laugh and bug Grace to let him play with her and her dolls. Her little brother who snuck into the bathroom when she would paint her nails and asked if she could paint his nails blue since that’s a boy color. Her younger brother who used to sneak into Grace’s room when he had nightmares because he didn’t want to be alone. Her brother who would somehow be taller and more brash and less openly affectionate every time Grace visited during breaks and holidays.
    Her brother who has gone missing after being subjected to homophobia at the hands of the adults she entrusted to keep him safe.
    Her brother who has gone missing after his childhood friend was found murdered.
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    What if Ryan had an older sister who went off to university in Melbourne?

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    29 Sep 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 44

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    “I think there is something wrong with the boys,” Arlene starts. Her voice is so quiet Cathy strains to hear. “I think they might be… fooling around.”

    Cathy fixes her strongest neutral expression across her face. “What do you mean?”

    When Cathy Whelan has a son four months after her best friend Arlene Reid, she expects the boys will be close. She does not expect them to fall in love.

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    29 Sep 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 16

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    Ryan recites as if rehearsed, "That thing isn't God. It's a perversion of God, the deliverance healer twisted God's words for his own purpose—"

    Each word lands like a hit, and Naim is so—so upset, so blind-sided, so betrayed that Ryan could feel this way, that he yells, "We are perversions of God! That's the only thing I learned from Him, Ryan. We are the perversions. It doesn't matter what this says—" he flings the flyer to the ground, the new crease underlining All are welcome "—God will never, ever love us."

    Ryan regains his footing, shaking his head before Naim's done speaking. "That's not true." Naim scoffs again, which only seems to spur Ryan on. "He does. I know He does. You know how?"

    "Fucking how, Ryan?"

    "Because He gave me you."

    Or; Naim and Ryan have an overdue conversation about God. Set 2ish years after they leave Bandee.

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    27 Sep 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 56

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    “Yeah but. Do you want me to have the ring?” Naim asks. The sides of his lips are all cut up, melting into the swollen gash of his mouth. The entire left side of his face is scraped from being forced onto the concrete. It’s ghastly. He’s still the prettiest person Ryan’s ever seen. 

    Naim’s really asking if he wants him or not, and Ryan does, of course he does. “Of course,” says Ryan.

    Somehow, there are much more monstrous things in the world than the demon who wears Naim's face. Once they pledge their commitment to one another, Ryan finds out just how much.

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    25 Sep 2026