Brains_in_a_nutshell



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    When a client refuses to sign a contract without hearing from Vegas that he can trust Porsche as the new leader of the Theerapanyakun Minor Family, Kinn and Porsche are forced to go and ask Vegas and Pete for help. Even though Kinn believes that Pete is unhappy where he is, and that Vegas is doing nothing but manipulating him like he's done everyone else.

    Except when they get to the meeting, things go south, Pete gets hurt, and everyone around them realise that Vegas hasn't been faking a damn thing.

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    That look, it's that look again, playing on Vegas' features. The one he wore after the first time they slept together; fascinated like he can't quite believe Pete is real. It's now laced with burning devotion and a pang of constant hunger. Pete wants to drown in it. The initial spark of fear -- of the unknown, new feeling brewing in him, of finally being seen and accepted, of finding his match, it's gone now. Pete reached into his chest and wrenched it all out, replaced it with all of himself. Filled the hollow parts with everything Vegas needed and craved; made Vegas whole again by taking him apart into little pieces and injecting himself into every part of Vegas.

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    18 May 2026

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    Pete twitches in his sleep, like he senses the turn Porsche’s thoughts have taken. He’s frowning and clutching at his pillow desperately. A few seconds later, he settles.

    Pete’s been lying.

    Something is going to have to give. Porsche just doesn’t know yet what it’s going to be.

    Porsche keeps watch over Pete, recently returned to the Main Family post Safe House.

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    18 May 2026

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    I just wanna follow my heart.

    Love. Love is not enough. It’s not enough to save someone. It’s not enough, day in, and day out. It isn’t magic. It doesn’t heal all the cracks overnight.

    In the movies, it seems so great. The couple has a conflict, but at the 90-minute mark they kiss, and maybe even at the altar, and the credits roll.

    Not every movie is like the Graduate, where they sit in awkward silence, realizing they have no idea what the fuck they just did.

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    Vegas and Pete face hurdles in the next phase of their relationship.

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    13 May 2026

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    Vegas looks down at his hands. Hurt him, his fingers say. Do it while Macau isn’t here. You’ve already exchanged the poetry, the pretty words. So do it now. You can make him cry so prettily. Isn’t that how you’ve always shown love best? Isn’t that the only thing you’re good for? Do it—

    The head on his lap shifts. The breath along his hip skitters, then disappears as Pete turns and looks up. His eyes are black—blacker than black—and he smiles.

    “Good morning, Vegas.”

    Vegas swallows.

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    Pete helps Vegas recover. Vegas confronts what he wants. Pete eggs him on.

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    05 May 2026