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- Rhythminthemind
Touch: A survival story.
James Toranaga is a twelve year old boy dealing with the aftermath of sexual assault. He’s doing okay. The memories are tough, and the world feels a little rougher than it used to, but he’s a strong kid with a loving family to support him.
It sure makes his emerging sexuality harder to deal with, though. He doesn’t want to think about it.
Luckily, he has the perfect distraction: he can fly.
But these strange new powers may bring dangers of their own. He is not the only one who has them.
While this story contains no explicit sexual content or depictions of parental violence, one character is dealing with the aftermath of a molestation that occurred prior to the story, while another is dealing with the aftermath of parental violence that occurred prior to the story. It is a novel about recovery, and addresses them as much as it has to.
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- 02/15/2021 (Updated: 03/23/2024)
- 114 Chapters
- 253,619 Words
- 180,753 Views
- 1,265 Comments
- Mature
- Long-Term Hold
Story Recommendations (7 members)
- Action Packed 7
- Addictive/Pacing 6
- Characters 6
- Chills 1
- Cliffhanger 3
- Compelling 1
- Feel-Good 0
- Humor 0
- Smoldering 0
- Tearjerker 1
- Unique 6
- World Building 5
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Prologue: David.
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- 3,887 Views
- 30 Comments
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Mistakes: 1.1
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- 16 Comments
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Mistakes: 1.2
- 2,294 Words
- 2,468 Views
- 17 Comments
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Mistakes: 1.3
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Mistakes: 1.4
- 2,229 Words
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Mistakes: 1.5
- 2,209 Words
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Mistakes: 1.6
- 2,612 Words
- 1,862 Views
- 14 Comments
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Mistakes: 1.7
- 3,116 Words
- 1,947 Views
- 14 Comments
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Mistakes: 1.8
- 2,039 Words
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- 11 Comments
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Interlude 1
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- 13 Comments
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Catharsis: 2.1
- 2,383 Words
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- 12 Comments
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Catharsis: 2.2
- 2,329 Words
- 1,656 Views
- 13 Comments
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Catharsis: 2.3
- 1,687 Words
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- 14 Comments
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Catharsis: 2.4
- 2,298 Words
- 1,816 Views
- 14 Comments
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Catharsis: 2.5
- 1,800 Words
- 1,866 Views
- 17 Comments
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Catharsis: 2.6
- 2,145 Words
- 1,750 Views
- 13 Comments
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Catharsis: 2.7
- 1,802 Words
- 1,422 Views
- 11 Comments
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Catharsis: 2.8
- 2,648 Words
- 1,878 Views
- 13 Comments
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Catharsis: 2.9
- 2,101 Words
- 1,203 Views
- 16 Comments
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Catharsis: 2.10
- 1,689 Words
- 1,373 Views
- 13 Comments
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Catharsis: 2.11
- 2,257 Words
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Catharsis: 2.12
- 2,617 Words
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- 15 Comments
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Bonus Chapter One: Bex.
- 2,107 Words
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- 12 Comments
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Interlude 2
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Escapism: 3.1
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Escapism: 3.2
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Bonus Chapter Two: Tuva.
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Escapism: 3.3
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Escapism: 3.4
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Escapism: 3.5
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Escapism: 3.6
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- 14 Comments
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Escapism: 3.7
- 1,631 Words
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- 15 Comments
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Escapism: 3.8
- 1,984 Words
- 1,617 Views
- 14 Comments
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Escapism: 3.9
- 1,843 Words
- 1,713 Views
- 14 Comments
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Escapism: 3.10
- 3,906 Words
- 1,735 Views
- 19 Comments
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Escapism: 3.11
- 2,997 Words
- 1,838 Views
- 15 Comments
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Escapism: 3.12
- 2,439 Words
- 1,817 Views
- 12 Comments
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Escapism: 3.13
- 2,405 Words
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- 18 Comments
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Escapism: 3.14
- 1,930 Words
- 1,279 Views
- 9 Comments
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Bonus Chapter: Ray Sullivan.
- 2,658 Words
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- 11 Comments
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Interlude 3
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- 13 Comments
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Dissonance: 4.1
- 2,233 Words
- 1,542 Views
- 16 Comments
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Dissonance: 4.2
- 1,885 Words
- 1,610 Views
- 11 Comments
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Dissonance: 4.3
- 2,786 Words
- 1,069 Views
- 12 Comments
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Dissonance: 4.4
- 1,948 Words
- 1,359 Views
- 11 Comments
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Dissonance: 4.5
- 2,869 Words
- 1,608 Views
- 11 Comments
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Bonus Chapter Three: Doctor Sharpe.
- 3,245 Words
- 1,104 Views
- 11 Comments
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Dissonance: 4.6
- 1,524 Words
- 1,255 Views
- 15 Comments
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Dissonance: 4.7
- 2,111 Words
- 16,156 Views
- 9 Comments
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Dissonance: 4.8
- 3,900 Words
- 1,863 Views
- 30 Comments
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Dissonance: 4.9
- 2,300 Words
- 1,867 Views
- 13 Comments
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Dissonance: 4.10
- 2,112 Words
- 1,201 Views
- 8 Comments
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Dissonance: 4.11
- 2,307 Words
- 1,674 Views
- 13 Comments
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Dissonance: 4.12
- 2,146 Words
- 1,289 Views
- 7 Comments
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Interlude 4: Lee
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- 11 Comments
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Aid: 5.1
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- 777 Views
- 6 Comments
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Aid: 5.2
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- 9 Comments
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Bonus Chapter: Natalie Sharpe
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- 11 Comments
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Aid: 5.3
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Aid: 5.4
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Aid: 5.5
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Aid: 5.6
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Aid: 5.7
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Aid: 5.8
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- 10 Comments
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Aid: 5.9
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- 9 Comments
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Aid: 5.10
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- 8 Comments
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Aid: 5.11
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Aid: 5.12
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- 11 Comments
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Aid: 5.13
- 1,840 Words
- 790 Views
- 9 Comments
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Aid: 5.14
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- 8 Comments
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Aid: 5.15
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Aid: 5.16
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Aid: 5.17
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Interlude 5: Casper Sullivan
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- 9 Comments
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Care: 6.1
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- 790 Views
- 14 Comments
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Care: 6.2
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- 11 Comments
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Bonus Chapter: Small Worlds.
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- 9 Comments
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Care: 6.3
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- 8 Comments
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Care: 6.4
- 1,720 Words
- 1,292 Views
- 7 Comments
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Care: 6.5
- 3,037 Words
- 1,269 Views
- 6 Comments
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Care: 6.6
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- 11 Comments
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Care: 6.7
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- 6 Comments
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Care: 6.8
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Care: 6.9
- 1,718 Words
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- 7 Comments
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Care: 6.10
- 2,313 Words
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- 11 Comments
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Care: 6.11
- 2,106 Words
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- 6 Comments
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Interlude 6: Waves.
- 1,711 Words
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- 13 Comments
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Tide: 7.1
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- 5 Comments
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Tide: 7.2
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Tide: 7.3
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Tide: 7.4
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Tide: 7.5
- 2,112 Words
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- 6 Comments
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Tide: 7.6
- 2,227 Words
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Book 1 Epilogue: Elementals.
- 2,043 Words
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- 15 Comments
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Interlude arc: Hunt.
- 2,245 Words
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- 14 Comments
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Hunt: 8.1
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Hunt: 8.2
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Hunt: 8.3
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Hunt: 8.4
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Hunt: 8.5
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Hunt: 8.6
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Hunt: 8.7
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Hunt: 8.8
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Hunt: 8.9
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- 608 Views
- 7 Comments
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Hunt: 8.10
- 2,130 Words
- 841 Views
- 9 Comments
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Hunt: 8.11
- 1,754 Words
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- 10 Comments
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Book Two: Winter. Prologue.
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Need: 9.1
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Need: 9.3
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Need: 9.6
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Need: 9.7
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