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    01 Jun 2026

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    “You can be my trusted adult,” Dustin cuts in.

    Steve blinks several times. “Huh?”

    “You’re an adult,” Dustin says, like he’s talking to a three-year-old.

    “…yes, Dustin.”

    “And my mom trusts you.”

    “Yeah, but…wait.” Steve sits back up, ramrod straight in his chair. “You’re not suggesting…”

    “Come with me to New Zealand,” Dustin finishes, then adds a quieter: “Please?”

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    When Dustin Henderson parent-traps Steve and Eddie into taking him to New Zealand for a holiday and some Lord of the Rings sight-seeing, Steve's forced to confront the reality of what he really wants out of life. Is it working for his father in a job he despises to afford his sky-rise apartment in Chicago and the status that comes with it, or is it something else, something simpler, something truer to himself? On the windy back roads of New Zealand, amongst the most stunning scenery he's ever seen and with old flame Eddie Munson in his passenger seat, he figures it out.

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    19 Apr 2026

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  3. Public Bookmark 82

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    “Are you alright?” Steve asks, walking over and glancing down. “Need a hand?”

    “It’s fine, just leave me here.” The man in question sighs and shakes his head, eyes still closed as he lays in the middle of the sidewalk.

    “I…” Steve starts, looking around at the pedestrians who peer over their shoulders as they step around the scene carefully. “I could, but then when I see a headline later that a man was found frozen to the sidewalk outside Dunkin, I’ll probably feel bad.”

    Mystery Man brushes the hair out of his face and cracks one eye open— big and brown— and Steve thinks the guy might start crying.

    What the fuck is going on this morning? He wonders to himself.

    “Ice is fucking slippery.”

    “Yeah, that’s kind of its thing. C’mon,” Steve extends a hand that Mystery Man finally accepts, his gloved hand soft and velvety in Steve’s bare hand.

    “Thanks. I’m uh, I’m Eddie.”

    “Steve.”

    Or, Gym Teacher and Hockey Coach Steve Harrington meets Eddie Munson outside of a Dunkin Donuts. As any New Englander knows, it's the beginning of a beautiful thing.

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    09 Apr 2026

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    "If you don't stop me, I'm going to keep you," Hob murmurs into his ear, holding him tight through the spasms of his laughter. "You mad, ludicrous, delightful, gorgeous slut. I think you might be exactly what I've been looking for, for a very long time."

    It starts when Desire drags his ass out to a fetish party in Brixton when he would rather have been tucked safely away in his studio. It starts with a few hits of MDMA, an unwise promise, and a conversation over heard in the smoking section. It starts with a man named Robert who smiles like the sun, takes him in hand and takes him a part, one piece at a time.

    Look, Dream knows he's a mess, in almost every way, but he just came out to Torture Garden to ostensibly have a good time. He didn't intend to have every aspect of his existence turned upside down, inside out, and unraveled. Yet here he fucking is.

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    04 Apr 2026

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    Hit stalled at the end of 40 - start with 41 when I return.

  5. Public Bookmark 45

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    He always knew he wasn’t the sharpest tool in the shed, and he was fine with that. He didn't want to be a nerd, a loser, someone people ignored in the lunch room.

    And then it was monsters and a broken heart and kids that needed looking after, and suddenly being the dumbest guy in the room was the worst thing a guy could be.

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    Steve struggles to find his voice following the not-so-end-of-the-world. The only person who seems to notice is his new shadow, Eddie Munson.

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    17 Mar 2026

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