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petrichor across the drywall (and the sweetest peaches) by Anonymous
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01 Sep 2026
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It began in spring with cheap plaster walls, homesick tears, and boxes of butter biscuits and chamomile tea left hanging on a doorknob as housewarming gifts.
(Or: The four seasons of Jo and Yuma learning that inches of plaster wall were never enough distance to keep them from falling in love.)
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01 Sep 2026
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The first time Yuma felt that quiet, unexplainable warmth toward Taki, he was only ten years old.
He remembers it as a sticky, almost-summer afternoon, the memory still glowing warm in his mind. Back then, the sky was painted with soft oranges and pinks as Yuma sat alone on the cracked concrete steps of the elementary school, knees pulled to his chest, sneakers scuffed from kicking at pebbles.
Once again, his mom had forgotten to pick him up—probably lost in another haze on the living room couch.
The other kids had long gone home, their laughter fading into the distance.
That's when Taki found him.
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19 Aug 2026
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Nicholas believes that moving to a new city and starting over from nothing might quiet the parts of himself that have felt unfamiliar since his brain injury. And in some ways, it does.
But there are nights when that sense of ease does not come from the city or from anything he has built for himself there. It comes from the painter across the balcony, whose presence begins to feel like the one thing that reach him where his own mind cannot.
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18 Aug 2026
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Kei gestures vaguely toward the DJ booth where Harua is still very much occupied. "That's Harua. Told me we were just coming for 'a few drinks' and 'we won't stay long' and now look at him."
The stranger follows his gaze and lets out this soft laugh. "The one in the blue shirt? That's Taki. My friend. The one he's..."
"With," Kei finishes. "Very with."
"Very," the stranger agrees.
Abandoned by the friends who dragged them there, Kei and Fuma find themselves trapped in the middle of a loud club making awkward small talk. That awkwardness soon melts into a connection that lasts until dawn. Yet they leave without a way to find each other again. Kei thinks it’s over, but is it ?
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14 Aug 2026
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nicholas: so can i take you out this weekend
nicholas: you seem like the arcade date type
fuma: an arcade would be an awful first date with me. i wear noise cancelling headphones and don’t talk when i play games.
nicholas: thank god because i can’t do the neon lights
nicholas: u didn’t answer my question tho
nicholas: i’d hurry if i was you im very sensitive to perceived rejection
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fuma has been diagnosed with autism his entire life. nicholas was diagnosed at 22. they can both learn a few things from each other, including but not limited to; the most effective noise canceling headphones, how to flirt, and the power and weight of unconditional love.
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- Part 2 of why do you love me?
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13 Aug 2026