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“What could he regret when he still felt Andrew's kisses on his mouth?“

FUUUUCK I FUCKING LOVE YOU FOXES

"Look: these are the people I chose to stay with even knowing I couldn't stay for long. I picked them over my own safety. So give them back to me and I'll answer anything you ask."

"Don't run."

He wanted to find the places that made Andrew give ground.

"Ninety percent of the time the very sight of you makes me want to commit murder. I think about carving the skin from your body and hanging it out as a warning to every other fool who thinks he can stand in my way.”


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Instead he thought about his homecoming, of Wymack dropping everything to pick him up and Wymack holding him together when he almost broke.

WYMACK I FUCKING LOVE YOU YOU BEAUTIFUL HUMAN BEING

Standing there watching him, Neil thought he wouldn't mind waiting for a seat all night. His clock was still ticking down, but his numbered days followed a different schedule now. Neil had all the time in the world, and that left a heat in his gut stronger than any whisky could.

"I won't be like them," Neil said. "I won't let you let me be."

He was holding a set of arm bands identical to Andrew's. They were long enough to hide the bandages and fresh scarring on Neil's forearms.
He looked up at Abby's approach. She glanced from him to the closed bedroom door to the gift Neil was holding. "Everything all right?"
Neil thought about it, but not for long. "Never been better."