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In honor of this achievement, I took the liberty of cooking up one of my world famous (in my own mind) soundtracks for 'My Only Escape'. It's a bit different since it basically just captures general themes and feelings from the story rather than specific things. No linear progression, etc. I hope you don't mind and enjoy it. It features the whole song 'Don't Give Up On Me' by Heart The Dark!

Soundtrack Track List Luka (Suzanne Vega) What’s The Matter Here (10,000 Maniacs) Watch Me Bleed (Tears For Fears) Broken/Head Over Heels (Tears For Fears) These Dreams (Heart) Weightlifting (Trashcan Sinatras) Reap The Wild Wind (Ultravox) Rescue (Shey Baba) Only Love (Brandon Chandler) King Of Pain (The Police) Monsters (Empathy Test) Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division) It Hurts (Graveyard Club) Such A Shame (Talk Talk) I Love You But I’m Lost (Tears For Fears) Drive (The Cars) Broken Wings (Mr. Mister) Stolen Days (Dear Rouge) Disappointed (Electronic) To Heal (Underworld) Bliss (Jasper Byrne) Crack The Shutters (Snow Patrol) Clocks (Coldplay) Don’t Give Up On Me (Heart The Dark) For Once In My Life (Stevie Wonder) Lyrics Luka (Suzanne Vega) My name is Luka I live on the second floor I live upstairs from you Yes I think you've seen me before If you hear something late at night Some kind of trouble. some kind of fight Just don't ask me what it was Just don't ask me what it was Just don't ask me what it was I think it's because I'm clumsy I try not to talk too loud Maybe it's because I'm crazy I try not to act too proud They only hit until you cry After that you don't ask why You just don't argue anymore You just don't argue anymore You just don't argue anymore Yes I think I'm okay I walked into the door again Well, if you ask that's what I'll say And it's not your business anyway I guess I'd like to be alone With nothing broken, nothing thrown Just don't ask me how I am [X3] My name is Luka I live on the second floor I live upstairs from you Yes I think you've seen me before If you hear something late at night Some kind of trouble, some kind of fight Just don't ask me what it was Just don't ask me what it was Just don't ask me what it was And they only hit until you cry After that, you don't ask why You just don't argue anymore You just don't argue anymore You just don't argue anymore What’s The Matter Here (10,000 Maniacs) That young boy without a name anywhere I'd know his face. In this city the kid's my favorite. I've seen him. I see him every day. Seen him run outside looking for a place to hide from his father, the kid half naked and said to myself "O, what's the matter here?" I'm tired of the excuses everybody uses, he's their kid I stay out of it, but who gave you the right to do this? We live on Morgan Street; just ten feet between and his mother, I never see her, but her screams and cussing, I hear them every day. Threats like: "If you don't mind I will beat on your behind," "Slap you, slap you silly." made me say, "O, what's the matter here?" I'm tired of the excuses everybody uses, he's your kid, do as you see fit, but get this through that I don't approve of what you did to you own flesh and blood. "If you don't sit on this chair straight I'll take this belt from around my waist and don't think that I won't use it!" Answer me and take your time, what could be the awful crime he could do at such young an age? If I'm the only witness to your madness offer me some words to balance out what I see and what I hear. Oh these cold and lowly things that you do I suppose you do because he belongs to you and instead of love and the feel of warmth you've given him these cuts and sores don't heal with time or with age. And I want to say "What's the Matter here?" But I don't dare say. Watch Me Bleed (Tears For Fears) Heaven comes to he who waits But I know I'm getting nowhere And all the deeds of yesterday Have really helped to pave my way Though there's no one near me now How come everyone can touch me You see the torture on my brow Relates to neither here nor now Watch me bleed, bleed forever Watch me bleed, bleed forever Although my face is straight, it lies My body feels the pain and cries Here the table is not bare I am full but feeling empty For all the warmth it feels so cold For one so young I feel so old Watch me bleed, bleed forever Watch me bleed, bleed forever It's not allowed to be unkind But still the hate lives in my mind I'll make no noise, I'll hide my pain I'll close my eyes, I won't complain I'll lie right back and take the blame And try to tell myself I'm living And when it's all been said or done Where do I go? Where do I run? What's left of me or anyone When we've denied the hurting? And when it's all been said or done Where do I go? Where do I run? What's left of me or anyone When we've denied the hurting? Watch me bleed, bleed forever Watch me bleed, bleed forever And all the deeds of yesterday Have really helped to pave my way Watch me bleed, bleed forever Watch me bleed, bleed forever And all the deeds of yesterday Have really helped to pave my way Broken/Head Over Heels (Tears For Fears) Between the searching and the need to work it out I stop believing everything will be alright Broken, we are broken I'm walking uphill being turned around and round Secret in motion when my feet are on the ground Broken, we are broken In my mind's eye One little boy anger one little man Funny how time flies ~ wanted to be with you alone And talk about the weather But traditions I can trace Against the child in your face Won't escape my attention You keep your distance with a system of touch And gentle persuasion I'm lost in admiration Could I need you this much? Oh, you're wasting my time You're just—, just—, just wasting time Something happens And I'm head over heels I never find out 'Til I'm head over heels Something happens And I'm head over heels Ah, don't take my heart, don't break my heart Don't—, don't—, don't throw it away Throw it away Throw it away I made a fire, and watching it burn Yeah, thought of your future With one foot in the past Now, just how long will it last? Now, now, now, have you no ambitions? (Mm, what's the matter with my) My mother and my brothers used to breathe in clean air (Nothing ever changes when you're acting your age) And dreaming I'm a doctor (Nothing gets done when you feel like a baby) It's hard to be a man when there's a gun in your hand (Nothing ever changes when you're acting your age) Oh, I feel so Something happens And I'm head over heels I never find out 'Til I'm head over heels Something happens And I'm head over heels Ah, don't take my heart, don't break my heart Don't—, don't—, don't throw it away And this is my four-leaf clover I'm on the line, one open mind This is my four-leaf clover La, la, la In my mind's eye La, la, la One little boy, one little man La, la, la Funny how time flies These Dreams (Heart) Spare a little candle Save some light for me figures up ahead Moving in the trees White skin in linen Perfume on my wrist And the full moon that hangs over these dreams in the mist Darkness on the edge Shadows where I stand I search for the time On a watch with no hands I want to see you clearly Come closer than this But all I remember Are the dreams in the mist These dreams go on when I close my eyes Every second of the night I live another life These dreams that sleep when it's cold outside Every moment I'm awake the further I'm away Is it cloak 'n dagger Could it be spring or fall I walk without a cut Through a stained glass wall Weaker in my eyesight The candle in my grip And words that have no form Are falling from my lips These dreams go on when I close my eyes Every second of the night I live another life These dreams that sleep when it's cold outside Every moment I'm awake the further I'm away There's something out there I can't resist I need to hide away from the pain There's something out there I can't resist The sweetest song is silence That I've ever heard Funny how your feet In dreams never touch the earth In a wood full of princes Freedom is a kiss But the prince hides his face From dreams in the mist These dreams go on when I close my eyes Every second of the night I live another life These dreams that sleep when it's cold outside Every moment I'm awake the further I'm away These dreams go on when I close my eyes Every second of the night I live another life These dreams that sleep when it's cold outside Every moment I'm awake the further I'm away Weightlifting (Trashcan Sinatras) I discover the wheel and watch the buildings go by You talk a little soft, turn off the radio I just want to hear all the past times The rushed hours, the endless lives Don't become a burden Say the word and be free You will find a great weight lifting Easing your mind, a great weight lifting Just leave it behind, a great weight lifting And you will find a great weight lifting It's been a lonely winter hibernating away You need a little sunlight on that face How long can you stay in the darkness? Dust round the empty nest? You could make you way out If you lay down the load You will find a great weight lifting Easing your mind, a great weight lifting Leave it behind, a great weight lifting You will find a great weight lifting Just leave it behind, a great weight lifting And you will find a great weight lifting Reap The Wild Wind (Ultravox) Reap the wild wind Reap the wild wind Reap the wild wind Reap the wild wind A finger points to show a scene (take my hand, take my hand) Another face where mine had been (take my hand, take my hand) Another footstep where I once walked (take my hand) Take it all You take my hand and give me your friendship I'll take my time and send you my slow reply Give me an inch, and I'll make the best of it Take all you want and leave all the rest to die Reap the wild wind A footprint haunts an empty floor (take my hand, take my hand) A fading coat that I once wore (take my hand, take my hand) Oh, a desolation where I once lived I have seen in times gone by I have felt A different shadow on the wall A stranglehold on a certain feeling You take my hand and give me your friendship I'll take my time and send you my slow reply Give me an inch, and I'll make the best of it Take all you want and leave all the rest to die Reap the wild wind Reap the wild wind You take my hand and give me your friendship I'll take my time and send you my slow reply Give me an inch, and I'll make the best of it Take all you want and leave all the rest to die Reap the wild wind Rescue (Shey Baba) Nowhere to run from Nowhere to go Lost in the headlights Lost in the pain When every door is locked And every train has come and gone Are you holding on too much To all that's invisible [Chorus] You will remember my name You are the only way And I'll always be the one I'll be the one to Rescue You Everyone is speaking But no one is heard Everyone is speaking But you can't be heard When you don't believe in love And everyday is just too long When you are holding on too much To all that's invisible Only Love (Brandon Chandler) (Refrain) I saw the light when I found you I close my eyes and I see you Back in time, no time to lose You’ll fade away before I can say I Love You That I Love You (X) I Love You, Baby! I have to have it The summer on your skin I have to have it Just touch me again I have to have it Your whisper in my ear I have to have it I have to have it here (Only Love, Only Love X) (Refrain X2) (Only Love, Only Love X) It feels so good It feels so right Yeah, so bring me back Into the light (X) King Of Pain (The Police) There's a little black spot, on the sun today It's the same old thing, as yesterday There's a black hat caught, in a high tree top There's a flag pole rag, and the wind won't stop I've stood here before, inside the pouring rain With the world turning circles, running 'round my brain I guess, I'm always hoping, that you'll end this reign But it's my destiny to be the king of pain There's a little black spot, on the sun today (That's my soul out there.) It's the same old thing, as yesterday (That's my soul out there.) There's a black hat caught, in a high tree top (That's my soul out there.) There's a flag pole rag, and the wind won't stop (That's my soul, that's my soul out there.) I've stood here before Inside the pouring rain With the world turning circles Running 'round my brain I guess, I'm always hoping That you'll end this reign But it's my destiny I'll be your queen, queen, queen Be my king of pain There's a fossil, trapped in a high cliff wall (That's my soul up there.) There's a dead salmon frozen, in a waterfall (That's my soul up there.) There's a blue whale beached, by a springtime's ebb (That's my soul up there.) There's a butterfly, trapped in a spider's web (That's my soul up there.) I've stood here before Inside the pouring rain With the world turning circles Running 'round my brain I guess I'm always hoping That you'll end this reign But it's my destiny I'll be your king, king, king King of pain There's a king, on a throne, with his eyes torn out There's a blind man looking, for a shadow, of doubt There's a rich man sleeping, on a golden bed There's a skeleton choking, on a crust of bread There's a red fox torn, by a huntsman's pack (That's my soul up there.) There's a black-winged gull, with a broken back (That's my soul up there.) There's a little black spot, on the sun today (That's my soul up there.) It's the same old thing He's the same old Sting Happy Birthday!!! (That's my soul up there.) I've stood here before Inside the pouring rain With the world turning circles Running 'round my brain I guess, I'm always hoping That you'll end this reign But it's my destiny I'll be your queen, queen, queen of pain (I'll always be the king...) Queen of pain (You'll always be there...) Sting, Sting, Sting of pain (I'll always be...) You're my Sting of pain (I'll always be there...) King of pain King, king of pain King of pain King of pain You're my king of pain King of pain King of pain Monsters (Empathy Test) When all's been said and done And another day's begun. When the lines go on and on And all you've got is gone. You've doused yourself in sin And the daylight's creeping in. When the shadows start to grow - oh! Maybe it's time to go Maybe it's time to go Maybe it's time to go. When all's been said and done No distance left to run. When the emptiness arrives And there's nowhere left to hide. When it's stacking up inside From the corners of your mind. When the teardrops start to flow - oh! Maybe it's time to go Maybe it's time to go Baby I've got the monsters Baby I've got the monsters Baby I've got the monsters Baby I've got the monsters Again. Baby I've got the monsters Baby I've got the monsters Baby I've got the monsters Again. Maybe it's time to go Maybe it's time to go Baby I've got the monsters Baby I've got the monsters Baby I've got the monsters Baby I've got the monsters Again. Baby I've got the monsters Baby I've got the monsters Baby I've got the monsters Again. They're creeping up Again. They're creeping up Again. They're creeping up Again. They're creeping up Again. Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division) When routine bites hard, And ambitions are low, And resentment rides high, But emotions won't grow, And we're changing our ways, Taking different roads. Then love, love will tear us apart again. Love, love will tear us apart again. Why is the bedroom so cold? You've turned away on your side. Is my timing that flawed? Our respect runs so dry. Yet there's still this appeal That we've kept through our lives. But love, love will tear us apart again. Love, love will tear us apart again. You cry out in your sleep, All my failings exposed. And there's a taste in my mouth, As desperation takes hold. Just that something so good Just can't function no more. But love, love will tear us apart again. Love, love will tear us apart again. Love, love will tear us apart again. Love, love will tear us apart again. It Hurts (Graveyard Club) Leave this I don’t wanna face it I don’t wanna think about the time I wasted Falling down a well kid Can you hear the future whispering? Die die honey I die every morning Living wants you back in the past Just to feel bad Try all that you got, you’re the boss I’m the lab rat One in every hundred wondering how to live Try to forget it It’s a lonely road To feel this lost at home But where do you go? Fall apart don’t break my heart I blame it on the endless dark I fought so hard to find the words It hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts Stay true how should I find you? I should I take off your mask and costume? Maybe make a plan to let everything fall through Searching through the dust the dust the dust the dust the dust Hang there slowly going insane Let it all unfold like a paper airplane What a disappointment, it turns out you’re just like everyone What should I have done? It’s a lonely road To feel this lost at home But where do you go? Fall apart don’t break my heart I blame it on the endless dark I fought so hard to find the words It hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts Letting go of yesterday The innocence I couldn’t save I tried so hard to find a way It hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts Fall apart don’t break my heart I blame it on the endless dark I fought so hard to find the words It hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts Letting go of yesterday The innocence I couldn’t save I tried so hard to find a way It hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts Such A Shame (Talk Talk) Such a shame to believe in escape A life on every face And that's a change 'Til I'm finally left with an eight Tell me to relax, I just stare Maybe I don't know if I should change A feeling that we share It's a shame (Such a shame) Number me with rage, it's a shame (Such a shame) Number me in haste (such a shame) This eagerness to change It's a shame The dice decide my fate And that's a shame In these trembling hands My faith tells me to react, I don't care Maybe it's unkind that I should change A feeling that we share It's a shame (Such a shame) Number me with rage, it's a shame (Such a shame) Number me in haste (such a shame) This eagerness to change Such a shame Tell me to relax, I just stare Maybe I don't know if I should change A feeling that we share It's a shame (Such a shame) Number me with rage, it's a shame (Such a shame) Number me in haste, it's a shame (Such a shame) Write it across my name (Such a shame) This eagerness to change Such a shame I Love You But I’m Lost (Tears For Fears) Lost in the maze of the back streets I struggled Fighting my way through a whole lotta trouble Too many people were talking without moving their mouths Smell the gaze, smell the lights, ever wondered Bout the lies, that have stolen my thunder In the haze of my mind all the wires were crossed I love you but I'm lost Complain to the spark of an ember, to a fire on the 5th of November We are straight from the light and now we count the dots I love you but I'm lost I love you but I'm lost Look at the marks on your arms of colors, how you like to make them pay These are the reasons why your life is not quite what it was In a dream, at the edge of a river Where they swam, and I watched you shiver Came to life in my arms and then turned to dust I love you but I'm lost Complain to the spark of an ember, to a fire on the 5th of November We are straight from the light and now we count the dots I love you but I'm lost I love you but I'm lost All we needed was some time [x4] I love you but I'm lost [x7] Drive (The Cars) Who's gonna tell you when It's too late? Who's gonna tell you things Aren't so great? You can't go on thinking Nothing's wrong, oh oh Who's gonna drive you home Tonight? Who's gonna pick you up When you fall? Who's gonna hang it up When you call? Who's gonna pay attention To your dreams? Yeah, who's gonna plug their ears When you scream? You can't go on thinking Nothing's wrong, oh oh Who's gonna drive you home Tonight? Who's gonna hold you down When you shake? Who's gonna come around When you break? You can't go on thinking Nothing's wrong, oh oh Who's gonna drive you home Tonight? You know you can't go on thinking Nothing's wrong Who's gonna drive you home Tonight? Broken Wings (Mr. Mister) Baby, don't understand Why we can't just hold on to each others' hands This time might be the last, I fear Unless I make it all too clear I need you so, ohh Take these broken wings And learn to fly again Learn to live so free When we hear the voices sing The book of love will open up and let us in Take these broken wings Baby, I think tonight We can take what was wrong and make it right, mmm Baby, it's all I know That you're half of the flesh And blood that makes me whole I need you so So take these broken wings And learn to fly again Learn to live so free And when we hear the voices sing The book of love will open up and let us in Take these broken wings You've got to learn to fly Learn to live and love so free And when we hear the voices sing The book of love will open up and let us in, yeah, yeah Let us in Let us in Baby, it's all I know That you're half of the flesh And blood that makes me whole Yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah So take these broken wings And learn to fly again Learn to live so free And when we hear the voices sing The book of love will open up and let us in Take these broken wings You've got to learn to fly Learn to live and love so free And when we hear the voices sing The book of love will open up for us and let us in, yeah yeah Yeah yeah Ooh Stolen Days (Dear Rouge) I remember You in daylight In the vibrance You said my name I remember You in silence Underwater When the poison came We were kids, we were kids just messing around in In the prime of life, in the prime of it But I still see you, I can feel you and the pressure let out And it haunts me We've got our ways to go We've got our ways to go Into a fate unknown We've got our ways to go In the flashback You were running With the freedom From fearless days Hear the feedback From the night's hum Were they stolen? Were they stolen days? Yeah we were kids, we were kids just messing around in In the prime of life, in the prime of it But I still see you, I can feel you and the pressure let out And it haunts me We've got our ways to go We've got our ways to go Into a fate unknown We've got our ways to go Are we all thrown in to the sun? (Oh-whoa-oh oh-whoa-oh) Are we all thrown in to the sun? (Oh-whoa-oh oh-whoa-oh) I still feel you I can't feel you We've got our ways to go We've got our ways to go Into a fate unknown We've got our ways to go Are we all thrown in to the sun? (Oh-whoa-oh oh-whoa-oh) Are we all thrown in to the sun? (Oh-whoa-oh oh-whoa-oh) Disappointed (Electronic) Now, my head is spinning At the back of my mind, I think I'm winning I was somebody falling for one who was not Somebody tired of dreaming Now it's already dawning that this time I've got Someone who won't leave me feeling... Disappointed, once more Disillusioned, encore I could love you, for sure So you're not disappointing at all Disenchanted, once more Disillusioned, encore I could love you, for sure So you're not disappointing at all Listen, as you call my name Just one syllable said, then spoken once again From the sound of your voice, the promise you make You're somebody I can believe in Someone who won't leave me feeling... Disappointed, once more Disillusioned, encore I could love you, for sure So you're not disappointing at all Disenchanted, once more Disillusioned, encore I could love you, for sure So you're not disappointing at all At the back of my head, I believe what you said Dream... Disappointed, once more Disillusioned, encore I could love you, for sure So you're not disappointing at all Disenchanted, once more Disillusioned, encore I could love you, for sure So you're not disappointing at all Disappointed... To Heal (Underworld) Instrumental Bliss (Jasper Byrne) Bliss Out… Crack The Shutters (Snow Patrol) You cool your bed-warm hands down On the broken radiator When you lay them freezing on me I mumble can you wake me later But I don't really want you to stop And you know it so it doesn't stop you You run your hands from my neck To my chest Crack the shutters open wide I want to bathe you in the light of day And just watch you as the rays Tangle up around your face and body I could sit for hours Finding new ways to be awed each minute 'Cause the daylight seems to want you Just as much as I want you Its been minutes, it's been days It's been all I will remember Happy lost in your hair And the cold side of the pillow Your hills and valleys Are mapped by my intrepid fingers And in a naked slumber I dream all this again Crack the shutters open wide I want to bathe you in the light of day And just watch you as the rays Tangle up around your face and body I could sit for hours Finding new ways to be awed each minute 'Cause the daylight seems to want you Just as much as I want you Crack the shutters open wide I want to bathe you in the light of day And just watch you as the rays Tangle up around your face and body I could sit for hours Finding new ways to be awed each minute 'Cause the daylight seems to want you Just as much as I want you Clocks (Coldplay) The lights go out and I can't be saved Tides that I tried to swim against Have brought me down upon my knees Oh I beg, I beg and plead, singing Come out of things unsaid Shoot an apple off my head and a Trouble that can't be named A tiger's waiting to be tamed, singing You are You are Confusion never stops Closing walls and ticking clocks Gonna come back and take you home I could not stop that you now know, singing Come out upon my seas Cursed missed opportunities Am I a part of the cure? Or am I part of the disease? Singing You are, you are, you are You are, you are, you are And nothing else compares Oh nothing else compares And nothing else compares You are You are Home, home where I wanted to go Home, home where I wanted to go Home, home where I wanted to go Home, home where I wanted to go Don’t Give Up On Me (Heart The Dark) General Theme of ‘My Only Escape’ For Once In My Life (Stevie Wonder) For once in my life, I have someone who needs me Someone I've needed so long For once, unafraid, I can go where life leads me Somehow I know I'll be strong For once I can touch what my heart used to dream of Long before I knew Ooh, someone warm like you Would make my dreams come true Yeah, yeah, yeah (For once in my life) For once in my life, I won't let sorrow hurt me Not like it's hurt me before (Not like it's hurt me before) For once, I have something I know won't desert me I'm not alone anymore (I'm not alone anymore) For once I can say, "This is mine, you can't take it" As long as I know I have love, I can make it For once in my life, I have someone who needs me (Someone who needs me) Hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah (Someone who needs me) Oh, I'm in love, baby (For once in my life) For once in my life (For once in my life) I won't let sorrow hurt me Not like it's hurt me before (Not like it's hurt me before) For once, I have something I know won't desert me I'm not alone anymore (I'm not alone anymore) For once I can say, "This is mine, you can't take it" As long as I know I have love, I can make it For once in my life, I have someone who needs me (Someone who needs me) Oh, for once in my life (Someone who needs me) Yeah, somebody that needs me (Someone who needs me) Oh, baby, for once in my life

Congratulations!!🍾🎉🎈🎊

Oh my! 😝 Beauty and Grace personified!

Very princely

boys have a tendency to grow up fast, sometimes, it seems, like overnight

I don’t know what is wrong, but I hope you beat it soon. You almost sound like I did 3 years ago when I caught something very ‘COVID-ey’ and it took my a few months to shake it. This would have been before COVID-19 came onto the radar.

William Harker’s Journal, Entries 1: https://gayauthors.org/story/mrm/the-seducer/13 2: https://gayauthors.org/story/mrm/the-seducer/14 3: https://gayauthors.org/story/mrm/the-seducer/15

§ § Sunday, September 23, 1989 I spent most of the day by myself in this big old place. All day, I spent hiking around the estate, swimming in the swimming pool, catching up on my reading, studying my Romanian, etc. I only got to see Dr. V briefly just before dinner just after sundown. He seemed in a rush and was rather short with me as he greeted me and almost flew out the door! Whoever he had an appointment with tonight, he seemed super eager to meet them. Perhaps, he’s teaching

§ § Saturday, September 22, 1989 You, know? This was a great idea of Dr. V’s! Up here at The Big House it’s like I can think more clearly about things. Since getting here, I’ve felt my fears, just, melt away! Even the results of my HIV test do not concern me as much up here. I have this strange sense of assurance that everything is going to be ok! Considering how freaked out I’ve been this whole week, that’s saying something! It is like a still, calm voice is in my head telli

§ § Tuesday, September 18, 1989 Oh my god, I’m so scared right now! I was attacked! I was coming back from Dr. V’s class tonight when I felt someone following me! I never saw them and didn’t hear them, I just had this weird feeling that I was being watched! I kept going, despite this, but when I got next to the library I heard shoes hit the ground behind me like someone had landed from an incredible jump! He then spoke to me, “Hey there! I remember you! You’re that cute

Feel better, Sweetie.

Kiss me like nobody’s watchin’!

I can’t believe how well I tanned back then! After that weird dream I had in 1987 where a young blond bit me in the neck I’d just burn, not tan! 😮

Happy belated V-Day, @Page Scrawler

Wow! I found another picture someone took of me during my Brandon Years… Gotta love those 1980s fishnet shirts…

If you’re King of the Earth, can I be Queen?

Such is the deal with Social Media. They can just sit behind their little digital masks and troll all they want with no real consequences. It just breeds cowardly snipes. So I regard the source with these guys. Someone that does that is as unreal to me as they want to be themselves. Invisible, untouchable, thus unreal. Bodiless ghosts wailing pointlessly to an uncaring universe. They are Nothing.

Actually, in a lot of ways, this one reminds me of Dimi from Left Without Words. He has that Mediterranean exotic quality like an Italian boy or a Greek. He should have a little more olive in his skin to be Dimi, but through the eyes, nose, and mouth…yeah!

That’s it! Handsome rather than pretty. Sturdy and straight boyfriend material.

He’s beautiful! A bit exotic for Sam though. Sam always struck me, by Comsie’s description, as being more of ‘the boy next door’ type. Not Jock Stud like Jamie and not enchanting gentleman like Brandon. But, an All American Boy type. I’m sure Comsie has just the image idea for him somewhere in his vast archive. This is closest to what I always envision, however, when I visualize Sam:

A strange feature I find attractive: he has beautiful eyebrows!

Dances… https://gayauthors.org/story/mrm/in-chandlers-hands/8

So, dancing seems to be the fate the Universe has had in store for me lately. Danny and I have started ballroom dancing lessons - so there’s that. There’s a wonderful gay couples dance class not far from the condo. It’s a place where men can dance together without feeling weird. Homophobia is a strange thing and it pops its head up in the strangest places. One of those places is dancing schools. This time, the discontent comes more from straight women than straight men! In a way, that makes