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  1. Public Bookmark 15

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    Ash and Eiji sit at the beach in Cape Cod. There's the moon, the stars, and Ash's tears as he remembers his brother.

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    05 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 29

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    “I tried to get close to my dad too, I guess—but there was just never any room.” Ash curls into his shoulder fully—as if he could melt away and disappear.

    Max squeezes him closer: he already knows how to be a dad, Ash is, for once in his life, inexperienced at something.
    “Your father didn’t have a very big heart.”

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    05 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 37

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    Yut-Lung thinks he looks good in red. He thinks he looks good, with blood on his hands. That's how he's meant to be.

    Sing thinks Yut-Lung looks good in red, but for very different reasons.

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    02 Jun 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 37

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    Since Ash doesn’t have any talent nor experience in dealing with Chinese food, the only sound explanation for this Friday night madness is that Shorter was really, really desperate for help.

    The other explanation is found family™, but Ash is genre-savvy only when he has to navigate through conspiracy theories.

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    02 Jun 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 15

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    A Collaboration with ana__pudim on Twitter!

    Here is a link to her work:

     

    A Day in Cape Cod, 1985

     

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    "Where are you taking me, man?" Ash grumbled, his hand connecting with Eiji's as they walked down the street. They were both wearing jean cutoffs and oversized t-shirts they had found in Griff's closet, things he must have left behind when he went off to fight in Vietnam.
    "Just wait, Ash," as they approached an alleyway, a fence separating the building and alley from a field, and a river on the far side of it. Eiji had decided not to blindfold Ash; he didn't want to make him panic, even if it could spoil the surprise a little bit.
    "Oh, the river. There's a-" Ash jumped to explain, only for Eiji to interrupt with excitement himself.

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    01 Jun 2026