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    (How a boy living in the desert falls in love, and then kidnaps, a teenager with ocean eyes.)

    Lance's strong, he knows this. It's something his Mama told him through daily phone calls, in every unspoken conversation between them after frustrating talks about finances and fake promises that it would be okay.

    But he can only hold out so long when it's just him, Keith, and wilderness of Arizona's deserts around them.

    This is the story of Lance's captivity over twelve months, and how even the strongest of people can break. But don't worry - Keith will be there for him. Whether Lance wants him or not.

    Update: There's now a soundtrack at my tumblr, https://anawriteshorror.tumblr.com/post/186960729489/im-only-doing-this-because-i-love-you-how-a-boy

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    It's a mismatched family, and certainly not without a few blood stained snowbanks, but they'll make it through living on the streets of Detroit's artic winters on their way to Canada, together.

    I.E. The story of how two androids and a human child learns what it means to make a family, and that everyone, no matter what they did, is still deserving of love.

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    “So, I was thinking about why I’ve been throwing up. I think some of it is the actual, physical properties of the taumoeba, but I honestly think half the battle is the taste. See, humans use smell and taste to tell us if food is going to make us sick, like it’s moldy or smells weird, that sends a signal for disgust to our brains to stop us from eating it, and that triggers nausea.”

    “I feel this way about all human food,” I say, and Grace rolls its eyes.

    “Sure. But I think my brain is being overprotective about the taumoeba. It’s the same reason why human kids get picky or people throw up during pregnancy, even when the food they’re eating is perfectly edible. My brain is signalling to me that I shouldn’t want it in my body, mostly because -- well, I don’t. It smells like mildew and algae and has the texture of chia seed pudding that was forgotten at the back of a fridge. But that’s making me nauseous when I even think about putting it in my mouth, which makes me more likely to throw up.”

    “But how would you eat without using your mouth?” I ask.

    Grace grins at me. “That, my friend, is exactly the question I’ve been asking myself. And I think the answer might be something called a nasogastric tube."

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    05 Jun 2026

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    Grace snorts. “You have no idea,” it tells me, and pats the ball before standing.

    I wish, for just a moment, that it wouldn’t go so far away. At some point on our journey, I stopped wishing that the overwhelming cacophony of its organs would quiet. I want Grace close close close. I really do understand the wild things, I think. I don’t want to hurt Grace -- I would never hurt Grace. But if there was a way to keep it as safe as possible, as close as possible, I would take it. I love it so.

    “You coming?” Grace asks, looking back, and I follow.

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    “Rocky,” I say sharply. The irritation feels unpleasant inside me, foreign like a toxin.

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    03 Jun 2026

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    “Hold still, lovely alien,” the Eridian croons, snapping a claw closed around the hem of my cardigan. “♫♬♩ will be so gentle, yes.”

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    03 Jun 2026

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    Tired graduate student Mydei falls asleep while playing a dating simulator and wakes up as the game's protagonist, the Crown Princess of Castrum Kremnos.

    The only way to return home? He must win over his favorite love interest, the seemingly perfect Phainon of Aedes Elysiae.

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    29 May 2026

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    Mydei receives a sacred heirloom thought lost to gods and time. He deduces the culprit with the skill of a war tactician and the patience of a wronged lover. Phainon, meanwhile, is dragged mid-day across Okhema like a sack of honor. A laurel is offered. A hand is kissed. Dignity is not spared. Kremnos: 1. Okhema: emotionally concussed.

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