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    'It worked.

    The plans, the calls, the in-person celebrations when time lined up.

    Luke couldn't have asked for better partners, and he had been lucky for the past few years that his birthday always fell during the time he was in the UK for shows. Some were the day he got there, some in the middle, some on the day he had to leave- but he was still there.

    Except for this year.'

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    'It would be a bad idea.

    It was a bad idea.

    It shouldn't be anything but a bad idea.

    He should leave their relationship like he told Luke it would be. Professional yet personal on a friendly level. Drinks in a pub after a show, meetings about the next venues they want to book, dipping their toes into other ventures for Shoot From The Hip. He should make sure to keep his dreams, his new fantasies to himself, find someone his own age to settle down with, leave their relationship as nothing more than friends.'

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    'It went on like that throughout the night, Luke kept acting up and Tom added more mental tally's to his list. He could tell his boyfriend was acting up to impress Sam and AJ, an ever consistent competition between the men about who could annoy someone the most- and it seemed like Tom was the target of the night. He wondered if Luke had actually realised what he was digging himself into, or if he was genuinely acting up with nothing but joy and ignorance.'

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    '"AJ," Sam announces, body twisting to face the younger man, "now… I'm gonna be nice, and say you can choose either me or all of us- tell a sexual fantasy you've never told anyone before."

    AJ finds himself pondering for a moment, the alcohol clouding his brain enough he almost blurts out the answer straight away- he finds himself leaning closer to Sam. His hand covers the shape of his mouth as he whispers into Sam's ear. He can feel the heat radiating off the other man, and it makes him feel flushed.

    "I've always wanted someone to sit on my face. Pin me down so I can't move and just sit on my face. Make me submit to them."'

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    'The moment he walks through the threshold of AJ's flat, the younger man just behind him, he feels a dizziness that causes him to stumble. Hand shooting up to hold his head as the entire room spins, eyes struggling to focus on the surroundings, but in focus enough to see the same thing happening to AJ.

    "Luke, what- what's going on?"'

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    'That feeling never left even as they grew. He always found himself getting excited when they went out for food, when they sat in one of their places and ordered takeaway. He'd catch himself staring at Tom, watching like a hawk with prey as he slipped slices of pizza into his mouth, throat visibly swallowing until his stomach grew and grew, and the three of them could poke fun at his food belly.

    Sam loved it. Loved seeing Tom take care of himself. Loved knowing he was eating well, even if his body shape begged to differ. '

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    '"These are pre-made potions for self-love. Makes it easier for people without experience, or those without an affiliation," she picks out a bottle, dark red liquid swirling in it when it lands in his palm, "drink this in one go, make sure you're sat down as it could make you dizzy. Then all you need to do is let it help."'

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    'It starts when Tom watches Luke write something on his hand. He feels his eyes pin their gaze at the way the ink from the pen glides across the skin of his hand, his handwriting staining a black mark that stands a stark contrast on his pale white skin.'

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    '"I put up with a lot of your shit, but you pushed too fucking far today."

    Luke pushes Sam's head with the hand over his mouth, his head digging into the wall behind him slightly painfully before Luke pulled away. He let out a big breath, a hand rubbing his forehead as he paced the room.

    "Careful Luke, you get any angrier, you'll be crossing the Mason-Dixie Line."

    Sam chuckles at the joke alluding to their spat on stage, eyebrows swiftly furrowing when Luke turns around and storms back towards Sam.

    "That's it."'

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    '"You liked it though, didn't you Midge?"

    He whips his head to look at Sam, his face calm but holding a devilish smirk; how the horns would have fit him so in that moment.

    "I-"

    "Who would you wanna see first? Tom and Luke? Me and Luke? AJ and Luke? Wanna watch them finish what they wanted to start in the kitchen?"

    There's no thought, just the feeling of his hand turning to find one of the dice left out on the table. He rolled the D20, watching as the number ticks over to an 18. The decision was made.'

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    'It's when he turns around to the cheers, that he sees who he's paired with for the stupid game.

    Luke.

    His best friend since day one, grinning with a slight flush to his cheeks that Sam could see was a result of empty shot glasses littering the table he was sat at.

    "Hello, stranger."

    Luke giggles slightly.

    "Hi, Sam. I guess we're kissing then?"

    "Oh no, no, no. This isn't just a kiss, this is gay chicken."

    "Which means?"

    "It means neither of us pull away until we can't handle it any longer."'

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    '"I- just listen, okay?" Sam questioned, tone more subdued than AJ would ever relate to the man.

    "Okay. I'm listening."

    "I've always had this uh… this fantasy? Nothing like we've done before, and I- nevermind. It's stupid."

    He goes to turn away but AJ catches his hand in a soft grip, only a look passing between the two of them needed for Sam to take a breath and start again.

    "I want you to piss on me."'

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    Tom's getting married and Luke isn't invited because of his overbearing, controlling fiancée. He'd been learning how to pull himself away from the love of his life after a threat of his true feelings being spilt- his own secret leaving someone else's lips.

    Then, a letter comes through his door, and suddenly Luke is running to the alter of a church an ocean away.

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    ' "Oh thank god, I thought you had an earring for a second, but it's just your microphone top bit."

    He had to laugh it off otherwise everyone would see how much he actually wished it were true.

    Luke Manning. One of his three boyfriends. With an earring. '

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    After a mishap during one of their shows, Luke takes the reactions from his partners about him having gotten a piercing without telling them a little too seriously.

    He won't lie though, he should've gotten his ears pierced sooner.

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    Luke played a young lesbian girl from Texas, named 'Annabelle'. She was sweet, fiery, in love with her best friend, and she was being stalked. He moved with her through those actions, through those words, through the ability to say 'I don't like this' to the man who felt he could have her, just because he wanted her.

    It wasn't easy to play a young woman in danger, but not because of the situation, but because he, himself, had been a young man in danger- only he didn't get to push the villain away. He didn't get to say 'I don't like this', instead he was pushed and used against his will, and the only struggle was playing something that hit too close to the real thing.

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    It gets harder to deny as he gets older. Harder to convey as his words turn from simple to complex.

    It gets a little easier with help, with medication, with his friends.

    But first, he has to let them in.

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    Kyle 'Eggy' Egerton is second best man to his best friend Rupert, who's getting married. Congratulations !!

    He's a little annoyed that Toby got best man and was put in charge of the Stag-Do, but that's okay ! Kyle's allowed to help plan it with Toby- it's the little things, you know ? I mean, he's the oldest of 6 siblings, he's used to sacrificing things.

    Also, he's straight. That's a non-negotiable, got it ??

    But is he really ? Because someone called 'Felix' gets on the minivan for the Stag-do and Kyle's... infatuated.

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    During the livestream from the first 'React From The Hip', Luke is pulled back into the memory of the night after the play when his relationship with Tom and Pip changed forever.

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    Luke *wants* to be better. He's working to be better. But he can't help the feeling of being a burden to those around him who want to help him be better.

    How does one let help in when one's spent so long helping himself?

    He wants to believe they're helping but the him in his mind is too much, too loud, too *persuasive* and it's getting harder and harder to ignore it, to not drip himself dry but dammit he *wants* to get better.

    Right?

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    Angelina had resented her father for as long as she could remember him being in her life, so when he forced her to move to England to live with him, she could only set fire to the plans he set and the suitors he tried to match her up with.

    John had lived in a full house all his life, he was someone who loved his family and it was heartbreaking when he left for school - even more-so when he willingly dragged himself back to England to work for an Earl under the guise of sending the money to help keep his family afloat.

    So what happens when a young American woman who hates every man brought to her by her father is introduced to a young Scotsman?

    Well, they have a picnic of course.

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    A version of The Off Season told before, during, and a little bit after the longform.

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