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His thick, commanding eyebrows that perfectly match his shiny black Fonzie-like hair. His square tortoiseshell glasses that perfectly complement his deep brown skin and the fact that he keeps a dustcloth folded in his wallet to clean them off a couple times a day. The way he wears penny loafers and puts real, shiny pennies inside them. How he rolls his jeans at the bottom and always wears subtle but seasonally appropriate socks. The way he irons his T-shirts and always wears them tucked in with a cardigan in the fall and a leather bomber jacket in the winter, like a hot South Asian greaser
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He greets me with a kiss—an open-mouth kiss for everyone to see. His hands grip either side of my waist, and he literally sweeps me off my feet. We can’t keep our hands off each other. I know it can be obnoxious and over the top. But I spend my entire day 100 percent in control of my life. When I’m with Bryce, the buzzing in my brain eases and I can operate on autopilot.
I giggle, and Bryce looks up from his phone as if he can sense my dad talking about him. Dad isn’t one of those fathers who thinks his daughter isn’t dating until she’s forty-three or that I’m completely void of hormones. But Bryce, with his flashy cars and show-stealing (and casually racist) dad, isn’t really someone my dad, who values things like a smartly organized toolbox and almost any Nicolas Cage film, especially National Treasure, has patience for.
“Dad, no one’s home. If I want to have sex with my boyfriend, do you think it matters if the door is open or closed?” Bryce’s face turns ghostly white. Dad huffs. “Why do you have to go and point out logic like that?” “Love you, Dad.” “Just . . .” He clears his throat. “Make sure you’re careful and all that.” “I’ve been on the pill since I was—”
IM SORRY BUT WHO SPEAKS TO THEIR DAD LIKE THIS. i have a pretty chill relationship with my dad but im sorry even at 22 im not saying this shit to him
The whole front of the gym is normally a tinted glass storefront, but this morning the entire panel of glass is missing. Well, it’s not missing. It’s all over the floor in pieces. Someone broke in, and as my eyes begin to wander, I see that not only did they break into the gym, they vandalized the equipment, mirrors, and walls. Spray paint, eggs, toilet paper, and shaving cream. Everywhere. And those eggs smell way worse than anything my mom’s ever cooked up.