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Beneath the table, Jack’s hand squeezes around Kent’s knee. And -- Kent forgets. For just a few seconds, he forgets that they can’t be together, that Jack doesn’t want him in that way, that he’s trying to move on.
“We’re friends, right?” Jack says.
“Yeah, Zimms,” he says. “We’re friends.”
Or: Kent and Jack are friends, then friends-with-benefits, then maybe something more. Kent isn’t sure.
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20 Nov 2024
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It’s 2008 and to Kent, Jack kisses like he’s drowning. Like Kent is the only thing keeping him afloat and it shouldn’t be like that, it couldn’t, but Kent loves it too much to care. He’ll let himself be used as a rudder, as a safety net, as a punching bag, if Jack really needs. Kent will be the one to think about tomorrow.
It’s 2017 and Bitty finds Jack up and pacing past midnight. It’s night before a game, which is why Jack can’t find sleep, but not why he can’t find words. It’s the night before a specific game that haunts him more than others and Bitty is still trying to figure out exactly why.
Tomorrow, the Falconers play the Aces.
And still, Jack won’t say the name Kent.Series
- Part 1 of Learned Helplessness 'Verse
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19 Nov 2024
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The Combine is a mad rush of a long weekend, painfully sober, gloriously exhausting. Kent is on the road to reaching his dreams, and he's taking Jack along for the ride. (Or, two boys exchange handjobs around the back of a gym. Whichever you prefer.)
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17 Nov 2024
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Sometimes it feels like Kent is a compass needle and Jack is his Northern point. Or something. Maybe he's just bad at metaphors or maybe he'd just like some closure, but Kent finds it hard to forget about Jack.
Or; Kent Parson learns how to live without Jack Zimmermann, and with him. Or maybe he just learns how to live.
Written for the Check, Please Big Bang 2016!
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14 Nov 2024
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Jack’s dad and Kent really get along great. Which isn’t a surprise, they’re basically the same sort of person--outgoing, funny, always ready with a story or joke--so when Kent comes out to dinner with Jack and his family, it’s basically those two monopolizing the conversation for the entire meal.
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07 Nov 2024