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“J.” Grace sounds relieved when Jasper walks in his apartment door the next morning. “Where on earth have you been? I was so worried.” She looks him up and down suspiciously. Jasper adjusts his clothes and opens his mouth to answer when he notices the pained expression on her face that seems to catch her breath. “Gracey, are you okay?” “Braxton Hicks. I’ve been having them all night. You didn’t answer me. Where were you?” Grace asks again, deflecting the attention from herself as
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Ace’s motivation has been insane. Leo genuinely doesn’t know how Ace is even able to focus given he’s seemingly not slept at all for the past three days. He’s not head in a textbook and ass in the air anymore, though. He’s taken over Leo’s desk and despite the calm and certain reassurances he’s given ever time Leo’s asked if he’s okay, it’s clear to Leo that he isn’t. Leo hasn’t seen him take any of his medications since he moved into the frat, and Ace hasn’t mentioned needing to get them f
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Ryan is disappointed in himself when his dance partner Kelsey asks if he needs a break. He’s supposed to be teaching her, but his head is so far from this routine that he can’t concentrate no matter how much he wants to. From the moment he went to bed last night, he knew he’d run out of the ability to put Jasper out of his mind. He’d really hoped Jasper would still visit him for his birthday, but having not heard a single word from him, he’s ready to let go of that hope. Trying to respect J
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“Where did you disappear to last night?” Simon asks in an unusually peppy tone the moment Jasper walks in their new practice room. Jasper checks the time on his phone and frowns, surprised to not be getting a lecture for being almost a whole hour late. He’d been buzzing with energy after leaving Damien’s, and it took him a good few hours to come down from it. He’d also been half staying awake to call Ryan, but he fell asleep just before Ryan would have been waking up, and he’d have been at
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“Jasper?” Damien looks shocked as he opens the door, clearly not expecting a visitor at this rude hour of the night. In fact, by the sweatpants and oversized, super comfortable looking jumper, along with the exhausted expression on his face, Damien appears to have just gotten out of bed. Jasper hadn’t taken any notice of the time, and he doesn’t care either. “Surprise. I thought I’d repay the favor and turn up uninvited, even though you’ve never told me where you live, and I have no good re
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“I knew you’d turn up while I was out. Flynn carried your stuff up, I hope,” Jasper calls out to his sister sitting on the lounge, wishing he had someone to help him carry his bags as he sets half a dozen shopping bags down on the kitchen counter. “He did. I don’t exactly want to be relying on a man, though,” Grace complains, getting up and waddling over to the bench. Her walk and the very obvious bump are cute to Jasper. “You don’t count. Because you’re my brother, not because you’re gay.”
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When Ace returns to the frat, his demeanour is completely different from what Leo’s used to seeing. He’s not heightened, or flat. He’s calm like peace has settled over him for the first time. He flashes Leo a soft smile as soon as he walks into the house. “Hey, what are you doing?” Ace asks, strolling into the kitchen where Leo’s preparing snacks. “Bribing or motivating the household, depending on the level of compliance they show up to the study session with.” Leo shrugs. “You don’t h
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Arriving at the hotel is both a relief and a sharp reminder of the shattering silence Ryan will have to get used to here on his own. Even though the first time they had discussed Jasper visiting during this filming period, Jasper had only agreed to come over for his birthday, meaning he’d spend a little over a month alone, anyway. There’s an ache of absence deep in Ryan’s chest now. They had never planned for Jasper to be here today, but not having him here physically would at least be manageabl
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“Are you drunk at ten in the morning? I’m impressed.” Blake saunters in like he owns the place. Jasper turns around and wipes tears from his cheeks. “What are you doing here?” “Your boyfriend gave me his key at the wedding last night. Figured you’d need the company since he’s away. Are you all good?” Blake drops his keys on the counter and strides right over to Jasper, a concerned frown on his face. “Not at all. Thanks for asking.” Jasper shrugs, sniffling and covering his face wi
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Jasper wanders up the hallway early the next morning, fumbling in his pockets for his house key and cursing under his breath before attempting the door and finding it’s already unlocked, which feels fitting. He walks in with a pensive frown, trying to remember if he’d locked it before he went out or not. His question is answered when he almost trips over Ryan’s suitcase just inside the door and sees Ryan pacing in the living room, phone to his ear. Jasper takes a deep breath and continues t
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“The door was unlocked.” Damien grins, leaning against the wall and wiggling his fingers in a wave. “Pretty sure that’s not an invitation to let yourself in. Get the hell out of here.” Jasper’s ability to remain in control of his emotions is draining fast. Damien sways and leans back against the wall. “No thanks. Where’s Ryan?” he asks, stumbling towards Jasper. “In your bedroom, I’m guessing. Is he dressed, or is this going to be my lucky night?” Damien turns to give Jasper a devious
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“I need you,” Ace’s demand and the slamming of the door behind him startles Leo from his studying. “Are you okay?” Leo asks, closing his textbook and turning his full attention to Ace. Ace doesn’t even reply, he just walks right up to Leo and straddles his lap with determined intention in his gaze. Leo gulps. He can feel Ace’s racing heart thumping against his chest. “Why haven’t you tried to break my rules?” “What?” Leo leans back a little, taken completely off guard.
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When Jasper and Ryan arrive at the ceremony location Luke had given, Jasper is incredibly confused. They are parked out the front of a modern-looking house. A high white brick fence guards the entrance, but the metal gate is left open and Simon’s car is parked in the driveway. Jasper can’t stop smiling at the way Ryan holds his hand as they walk inside. The interior is gorgeous, decorated with candles and flower petals scattered on wooden polished floors. The only furniture is a table and t
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Depression sleep never fails to leave Ryan more exhausted, despite having slept heavily for longer than usual. He’d woken up when Jasper got out of bed but fell back to sleep, and the next thing he knew, half the day was over. Half his last day with Jasper, for at least the period of the show, but given how closed off he’s been, he’s almost expecting Jasper will decide to end things soon enough. The worst part is, Ryan has no control over how he’s feeling and how those feelings are being pr
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The Failure of Falling in Love
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Ace is surprised when he wakes to an empty bed. He’d expected Leo to have fallen asleep beside him, not sneak out. He’s not sure if he’s glad to have been given his space, or worried that Leo didn’t want to be near him. After swiping away the messages Carter had sent through the night, he opens his and Leo’s texts. Struggling to find the right words, he closes it again. Lucky for him, there’s a gentle knock and Leo’s voice on the other side of the door calls out, asking if it’s okay to come
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Preparation for Ryan’s dance show is exhausting. When he’s not at the gym, Ryan’s at home stressing. Even Jasper offering to practice some choreography would set him off in a panic, as if he’s got a quota of talent that he can’t risk using up with Jasper in their living room. He knows his obsession with every little detail has forced him to block out everything that doesn’t have to do with his new venture. He doesn’t feel as guilty about mentally checking out of Simon’s focus activities as he do
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“Just act normal, okay?” Jasper says in a loud whisper when the elevator doors open on his apartment floor. “You’re gonna fuck this up immediately.” Blake laughs. Jasper shakes his head, falsely confident he can keep the fact that he’s high from Ryan. He even pauses at the door and gestures at his face like he’s collecting himself, ready to act stone cold sober. “Hi,” Ryan calls down the hall when they enter the apartment. Jasper’s jaw drops open as he turns to Blake. “Oh my
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“On a scale of being fine, to being a sobbing mess on the floor, where are you at about Ryan leaving?” Blake asks lightheartedly when Jasper arrives at Daniel’s office only ten minutes late, but on his own. “First person to make me crack over this will get punched, so proceed with caution on those questions in the future,” Jasper answers. “For real though, is Ryan all good?” Jasper shrugs. “Just that cute little depression quirk he has.” “You mean you haven’t cured his mental
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Ace is in his room, where he’s promised he’d be for the remainder of the semester, yet Leo’s hesitant to join him tonight. On one hand, he’s glad Ace sees him as a safe person he could run to. On the other, he’d hoped Ace would come to him by choice, not out of necessity. He’d assumed this was Ace’s way of putting more obstacles between himself and Carter, and the way he dropped the safe words while Carter was trying to talk him out of joining the frat confirmed that. He’s hoping Ace is okay, an
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“Is Ryan not getting up?” Blake asks as Jasper joins them at the edge of the cliff the following morning. After joking that Jasper would sleep in and Ryan would take his turn for him, it’s Ryan who isn’t getting out of bed. Neither of them had slept too well after their emotional conversation earlier that day about families and how they see their future together, or not. They probably could have gotten a better sleep if they weren’t clinging to each other, but they needed the closeness and
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“Jasper?” Blake’s footsteps come crunching towards him in the dark. Jasper turns his phone flashlight on so Blake can follow the light over to him. “You chuckin’ a piss, or have you been eaten by a bear?” “Sorry. There’s just a lot going on. I needed to have some time.” Jasper stares up at the sky, concentrating on the view of the stars which shine brighter in the moonless sky through the branches and leaves above him, searching for that peace Ryan said he’d felt. “You know, the whole
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There’s nothing Jasper wants less than to trudge up a mountain and spend the night camping. But the band committed to immersing themselves in each other’s interests for a week each and apparently, they’ll understand Simon when they reach the top of this hill that Simon will probably somehow relate to reaching new heights or conquering an uphill battle. Right now, Jasper feels like it’s a metaphor for how draining and difficult everything in his life continues to be, but he’s only had a few broke
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The morning sun shines through the lobby windows, lighting Ryan like the saint he is. He waits for Jasper, a large coffee in one hand, his other hand in his pocket. Even in yesterday’s clothes, Ryan looks too good to be true. “One real coffee,” Ryan says with a smile that lights up Jasper’s heart. It’d been a rough night at the hospital. Between the discomfort of the recliner chair, and the frequent nurse observation rounds, Jasper had a terrible broken sleep. Not to mention the overwh
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Grace is already waiting for them across the road from their parent’s house, crouched low. At first Jasper thinks she’s trying to stay low so she’ll go unnoticed, but as they pull up beside her and she doesn’t even look up, he realizes she’s crouching in pain. Jasper gets out and opens the door for her, wrapping an arm around her back and helping her to her feet. She climbs in the back seat with a grimace. Jasper sits in the back, staying by her side, already on the phone to the hospital. H
