Changing the Game (Offsides #1)
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Read between August 18 - August 19, 2024
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“He does that.” He rubs a finger idly over his upper lip. “Good kid, solid player too. He’s gay, though.”
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i don’t think him being gay is relevant
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I don’t like the way he added, ‘he’s gay, though,’ to the compliment about Nichols’ game play, like it’s unfathomable that a gay man could be a ‘solid player’.
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no litewlly
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The girl lets go of me with a surprised “oh!” and Lawson slides his palm against mine, linking our fingers and sending her a smooth grin. “Sorry, he’s taken.”
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i love tony
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“My bad!” She looks at us appraisingly. “The three of us could still go somewhere quieter, though. If you were into it.”
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girl😭
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“I just really love you, and I kind of wish you were into men.”
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so you’re never gonna believe me
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“Well, just to put it out there,” Sam starts, and I lower my hand slowly to see him staring hard at Lawson. “I’m not a homophobe.”
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babe probably because you like men
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“Historically, nobody has, and if that changes, they can talk to me about it,” Lawson retorts, the hard edge still in his voice.
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oh yeah? why’s that
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usually notice about other men, but his fair skin, dark hair, and grey eyes lend him an almost ethereal beauty. He’s also completely clean shaven, and is quick to smile, which adds a boyish quality to him. My sister would probably refer to him as a “snack”.
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dude i literally cannot tell what team you bat for. like obviously i know but do you know
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After several scoldings about the leg bouncing, he has instead occupied his hands with demolishing all the straw wrappers on the table.
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me fr
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What the actual fuck is going on here.
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your biawakening, congrats
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“I have a spare room at my apartment.”
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sold. i’ll be there in the morning
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Mostly I just feel like I might be coming down with a stomach bug.
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a stomach bug named troy
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“Good looking guy, too,” he says.
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baby that closet is so glass i don’t even know what to tell you
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“Sponsor dad?” I ask, confused by the description. “That’s the one thing you got out of all that?”
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that’s what i got out of it too tbh
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I flinch. I can’t imagine a world where Lawson would ever date one of my exes; not because they’d be a man,
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mmmhhhmmmm
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One thing has become very clear during my week here—my roommate is very attractive and I have spent a lot of time noticing it.
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have you😋
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“All right, I’m outside. And your gay awakening isn’t an emergency.”
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i like her
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I roll my eyes. Of course my 20-year-old sister would first want to establish what he looks like.
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well duh.
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“Wow,” June says. “So…you’re gay? Or bi?”
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straight to the point
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“I’ll think about it,” I demure.
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very cutesy very demure very mindful
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I lean down, closing the distance between us, and kiss him.
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damn no hesitation
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“Sorry!” We nearly shout at each other. I pause. “Wait, why are you sorry?”
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no fr😭, but also me
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“You ever get the impression that something is going on with those two?”
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yes.
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“Oh my gosh, Troy Nichols?” I turn at the unfamiliar female voice and have to look down. A woman, probably a full foot shorter than me,
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is it fucking maddie
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turn around, phone still clutched in my hand, just as Maddie stops in front of me. She’s beaming,
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I KNEW IT WAS HER BITCH ASS