Big Fan: A Modern Romance
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It’s close to 9:45, which means most places are close to closing. DC is not a late-night town.
Alyssa Gregory (Ramirez)
Truth
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“If there’s one thing I’ve learned, in my many, many long years,” Charlie says. “It’s that the world rarely ends when you think it will.”
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“Are you sure?” he asks. “Unless you’ve rescinded your offer.” “I was actually trying to decide if I should make one more plea before I left.” “You really like weddings, huh?” “Sure,” he says. “That’s what I like.”
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The corded muscles of his arms and the broadness of his chest.
Alyssa Gregory (Ramirez)
NOOOOO
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It’s exactly the kind of spring morning that makes you think winter can’t possibly have been as bad as you remember.
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And so if you hear this clip on YouTube or TikTok, or read a snippet of a speech on Twitter.
Alyssa Gregory (Ramirez)
Not a sentence
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I’m thirty-five, not twenty-two, I want to tell her. I am too old to be patronized like this and too young to have bought into Lean In.
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We head to a dive bar, the kind of place no one will be looking for former boy banders or disgraced politicos.
Alyssa Gregory (Ramirez)
Tell us which dive bar!
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“But I think that ship has sailed, and I’m not a strong enough swimmer to chase after it.
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Thank you to everyone who has ever answered one of my texts, particularly the people of Lady Jujitsu, One Direction Study Group, Cody Bellinger Fan Club, Tyrannical Hot Girl Cult, Gorgeous Ladies of Muscle Porch, Chavurah Daughters, and I Would Simply Leave Shadyside.
Alyssa Gregory (Ramirez)
Cody Bellinger Fan Club 😂😂✋🏼✋🏼