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  1. Public Bookmark 10

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    She discovers she doesn't wish to inspect the feeling closer, fears the clarity that will invade her brain uninvited if she does. Alice blinks and looks away, leaving Gwen to stare at the wall over her head in mute perplexity, cradling something newborn and raw in arms too tired to support its weight.

    She misses a time before this strange new normal, a time when I hate you wasn't just as true as I want you to look at me.

     

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    Complicated feelings about white dresses, mothers, and that one coworker you swore you hated.

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    04 Nov 2024

  2. Public Bookmark 7

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    What does it matter to Alice, anyway, if Gwen wants to act like nothing’s happened? It’s not like their little after hours hookup was meaningful to her or anything. She’s had her share of casual one night stands with no call the morning after, and her thing with Gwen hadn’t even gotten to that: just some kisses, some groping, and an awkward parting with polite, impersonal goodbyes. Nothing that warranted further talk about it.

    The thing is, Gwen isn’t acting as if nothing happened. She's avoiding Alice completely, and it's annoying.

    (Or: Gwen and Alice had an ill-advised hook up, Gwen is making it weird, and Alice feels forced to talk about it.)

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    28 Oct 2024

  3. Public Bookmark 98

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    Jon uses his Archivist powers to do a Q & A online.

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    25 Oct 2024

  4. Public Bookmark 12

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    "Maybe they had never hated each other at all."

     

    After Alice drags the OIAR crew to the club with her for a night of "stress relief," she and Gwen make a few unexpected discoveries.

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    22 Oct 2024

  5. Public Bookmark 6

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    ‘Where did you meet?’ Marie pushes. Alice glances around to see if anyone else is getting this.

    ‘At a library.’ she answers.

    ‘What do you do for work, Alice?’ Elias asks. Alice swallows some sort of shocked exclamation.

    ‘I’m a librarian.’ she manages to get out.

    ‘At the library?’ Elias says. Alice grits her teeth.

    ‘Yes.’

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    Gwen brings Alice to a family gathering to investigate suspected supernatural activity.

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    22 Oct 2024