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Not their first kiss happening while Joey's toothless.

WHAT DOES THIS MAN HAVE AGAINST WEARING HIS TEETH?!

The puppies are a mitigating factor, it’s just that Owen could probably say ‘Hey, want to come along to something really boring haha’ and Joey would be like ‘For sure! I love boring things! They’re my favorite things!’.

Been there💀

Into "it's a commitment". I'm loving Scratch and Money so much so far, and reading about them winning the stanley cup while in the middle of the playoffs is just a thing of beauty.

Yes it's true. Cold out so I've done nothing but snuggle and read all weekend. With a story like this one - not sorry.

Another loooong fic but this one complete, I'm not even sure how far I got originally. Joey is endearingly clueless about ..well everything. I like how intune him and Scratch are,

NO DOUBT/LITTLE CAESAR IS A SCOUT??? I AM DEAD

the purple gobstoppers oh my gaaaaaaawwwd

also weird to read the flames-scouts series from not-Bryce's (well, not-Jared-channelling-Bryce) pov. very conflicting

one of my absolute favorite things about Taylor's MCs is that they have no clue about anyone else around them including their besties "scratch is straight" my god joey you dumb dumb knucklehead

Done w this, but there's no GR entry for book 2, so i guess I'll just keep this one in progress.

reread for book 2

idk how much of this book is this book. seems like main goalie injected late in the story for dramatic reason

good, but the whole "you talk about him all the time" when we've never once seen that on page bit is kind of... ???? wtf

Joey's endearingly clueless.

“You’re going to want it in a minute,” Scratch says.

Joey gratefully accepts the bread Scratch returns with. Eating pain was a bad idea. He’d like to apologize to his tongue.

I love this idiot.

“This fucking sucks,” Joey says, and takes another bite of egg whites before reaching for the hot sauce so they can taste more painful.

Scratch watches Joey liberally dump hot sauce on his eggs. “You don’t even like spicy shit,” he says.

“I want them to taste like pain,” Joey tells him.

Scratch snorts. “I’m gonna get you some bread,” he says.

“Don’t want bread,” Joey says.

Yes, I just read this for the 4th time in 3 months.

But after starting 2022 with 10 DNFs in a row, I needed a sure bet. And it doesn't get any surer than this. I love this book and these characters so much, I can wallow around happily in their story forever. 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

😦 The moment when you realize you reached the end coz there's no 'next work' button. 🙈😆

🤓🧋🍿🍿🍿
...did I drop into the twilight zone?. 🍿

This one's fun already!

Well, that was just about perfect. I'm going right back to the beginning for an instant reread.

Oh god I just about hurt myself cry-laughing.

This is one of the funny ones.

Taylor Fitzpatrick can do funny, and she can do tragic. When she's being especially evil she can intertwine them, bringing ALL the feels. I don't want to have to feel all the feels, thank you very much, so I'm grateful for this one's brisk humor and charm.