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they're taking the line between "aw she finally has a caring family" and "oh she's hot let's ALL HAVE HERRR" and they're like doing a jig on it LMAOOO

family bonding with step-uncle Jake is just him almost committing an illegal with you and then throwing all of your trauma in your face until you realize he's right and bawl your eyes out in his arms.

is this therapy?

"So if this was just me acting out, then what was it for you?" yes, Tiernan, so glad you have a brain.

the fact that the first pov we get of noah is him having underwhelming sex with a stranger

"There are just as many happy people in Cleveland as there are in Paris," I explain. "And just as many sad ones."
"Yeah, well, I'd rather be sad on a beach."

amen noah

"Anger and unhappiness had not one fucking thing to do with where you lived, whom you loved, or what you did with your life. It was all in our heads.

And no matter how much you run, you can't run from yourself, can you?"

"No one else can make you happy, and putting that expectation on the other person will doom both of you.
You don't look at someone and say 'you can make my life better.' You look at them and say 'I can make your life better.'
Be a blessing, not a burden."

"Why was I so weak?"
"Because we all eat lies when our hearts are hungry," he quoted.

this SO give Damon Torrance saying that abuse feels like love because starving people will eat anything. wow. speechless.

weird to think jason was technically both the start and the end to katherine's alcoholism

references to the large tree where tate and jared spent their childhood? and the fact that jason bought that house!!!!! this being the story of jason and katherine was SO unexpected! and the book being sent with no return address to Quinn at Jared and Tate's house about their story??? it's actually such a cool way to approach the end of this and the lead-in to the spinoff. this is so sick

she just cannot help ending up in the awkward situations

also i knew about the wrong cd moment (tiktok spoilers) but it was still funny

sorry gibsie buying johnny lube and testing it first is HILARIOUS.

giggling and kicking my feet at chapter 51 cus ugh them studying in shannon's room was adorable. the chemistry the tension the emotions flying in the air ahhhhhhhh they're SOOO adorable

about Here Comes the Sun by The Beatles:

"My great-granda Murphy used to sing this to me when I was little."

I glanced over at her. "Yeah?"

Shannon nodded in confirmation. "Yeah, whenever I got scared or nervous, he would always sit me on his lap and sing those lyrics in my ear."

For some unknown reason, I made a mental note of thar piece of information and stored it away for future reference.

AHHHHH JOHNNY

"Whatever she needed from me, I was more than willing to provide."

"Problem was, every time she ran, I found myself chasing right after her, desperate to just be with her."

JOHNNY KAVANAGH LADIES AND GENTS

ugh johnny is such a good guy. he was literally radiant when shannon said he was more than just some shiny rugby trophy to her

i mean be so fr how does he think he didn't reject her

actually crying they are so in love. i'm so unbelievably proud of her for kissing him btw. she took what she wanted even though she was scared and even though he was too scared to reciprocate. crying literally crying. his mom feeling the same protective urge towards shannon??? they both SEE it but, johnny at least, has just NOT connected the dots that its her parents hurting her.

ugh you're both in love guys be real with each other and spill all your secrets

THAT'S why it's called binding 13 hahahaha that's actually wild

"I didn't want to give her back. Something inside of me told me that if I did, she would return with another bruise."

oh johnny

gibsie and johnny drunk in the back of joey's car in chapter 31 had me giggling so hard. i love their friendship.

ugh this is so sad for joey and shannon. god i hate their parents

gibsie is real for this cus it's SO obvious how he's acting about shannon. he can deny, deny, deny all he wants.

"Call it childish, but I couldn't stop myself from stalking back to their table and tossing it on its side."

LMAOOOOO

"Now," I sneered, glaring down at their faces. "Who wants to call my girlfriend a whore to my face?"

JOHNNYYYY YEAAAAHHHHHH RAHHHHHH

"This wasn't me.
I wasn't a reactor. I thought shit through.
Not when it comes to this girl..."

CLEARLY every time you've ever genuinely reacted to something has been something shannon related

"I was an anxious person and my anxiety made me sick. It happened in the most inappropriate and inconvenient places, usually at school, like today, so I was always prepared."

ok shannon get outta my brain wrinkles now

bella is ANNOYING she's PISSING ME OFF like you are manipulating this man please go away

i just KNOW this is gonna end so badly with his injury and i'm so scared of it actually :(

the dynamic between johnny and shannon right now is so strained.

they both don't want to be feeling how they're feeling about each other, and it's so sad because they can so obviously confide in one another, and they feel lighter with each other.

stop how could he have forgotten about the pic for the paper! i love that it's a full page muahahahaha

i love that he felt so comfortable confiding his injury in her before they like fought. it WAS sweet, until he got defensive.