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  1. Rec 21

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    “Your feet don’t lie flat on the stairs when you go up them.”

    “What has that got to do with the carpets on the stairs?” Adam asks.

    “I don't ever remember these carpets being changed. Which means it’s had 20-odd years in the house and was getting thin. I didn’t want your feet to hurt using them, so I got us softer ones.”

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    It's the summer before Adam leaves for college, and whenever Adam is not working or Ronan is not dreaming, they spend together. Ronan visits Adam at work; they argue over poisonous vegetables, and Ronan changes the Barns for Adam's comfort.

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    29 Jun 2025

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    “Jesus Christ, I forgot Parrish was living with the Snake,” Blue interjects.
    “Snake?” Adam asks.
    “Yes, Snake. Obviously.”
    “Jane, don’t be mean,” Gansey scolds.
    “I’m not being mean, it’s his nickname. He calls me Maggot, I call him Snake. They’re our terms of endearment.”
    “Those are some very unorthodox terms of endearment,” Adam points out.
    “You’ve only known him for a day,” Blue says. “After a month you can let me know whether or not you agree with the nickname.”
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    Adam is starting Harvard Medical School and finds himself with a new roommate with a chip on his shoulder. What he doesn't realize is that they both have more in common than they know, including dark pasts that have not quite let them go. The only thing that may save them from themselves is each other.
    *NEW BONUS CHAPTER* - just some sappy, emotional smut.

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    16 Jun 2025

  3. Rec 41

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    Adam was entirely unprepared for the sight that awaited him at the end of the driveway. Ronan was shirtless and vigorously kissing another man against the BMW, his tattoo rippling and exposed.

    “What the fuck?” Adam said loudly.

    Ronan startled and removed his mouth from the man’s neck to look at him. Something about him looked wrong. There were two lines across his face that looked like old scars. “What the fuck yourself?” Ronan said.

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    27 Mar 2025

  4. Rec 91

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    Adam Parrish always takes the hard way.

    Seizing an opportunity to advance his career up the corporate ladder, Adam accepts the opportunity to speak at a conference in Dublin, Ireland. He's already not a fan of flying, and then his plane has to make an emergency landing in Dingle. All the way across the country. With no other options, Adam has to convince the bartender of a local pub, The Greywaren, to drive him to Dublin.

    It should be an easy drive. It's pretty much a straight shot, just about four hours.

    But Adam Parrish always takes the hard way.

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    18 Feb 2025

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    "At some point I'd really like you to stop coming back," Adam says. "At this rate that's never going to happen."

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    Adam works at a bookstore. Ronan is bad at buying gifts.

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    20 Jan 2025