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Granny was cooking eggs. I might have stared. I'd never seen anyone cook eggs. Dad and I tended to use the oven strictly as a closet. The only time I'd eaten eggs was when he took me to the local diner, a really greasy dive with plastic booths that stuck to your thighs. We ordered powdered eggs and burned coffee and sat complaining about baseball and church. Those days comprised some of my favorite memories.
— May 01, 2025 10:01AM
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I took Rafael into a hug. I could feel him stiffen, and then he relaxed. We'd held each other before, private kisses and languid touches, but never anything that I considered a true hug: selfless support not instigated by desire, comfort for comfort's sake. This was different. My embrace was firm, arms tight around his back, and his head on my shoulder, weary and sad, had found solace on a friend's shoulder.
— May 09, 2025 08:58AM
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He smiled back.
I can't describe the effect that a simple smile had on his face. I can try, but I know I won't do it any justice. Because when he smiled, he showed all his teeth, like a wolf, but it was inexplicably innocent, free from ferocity. When he smiled, there was a light in his eyes. When he smiled, his dimples were deep. I saw his missing tooth and the hidden laughter he had bottled up for years.
— May 01, 2025 12:34PM
I can't describe the effect that a simple smile had on his face. I can try, but I know I won't do it any justice. Because when he smiled, he showed all his teeth, like a wolf, but it was inexplicably innocent, free from ferocity. When he smiled, there was a light in his eyes. When he smiled, his dimples were deep. I saw his missing tooth and the hidden laughter he had bottled up for years.
