♱

and then in MAG 80, Jon snickers and says “that’ll be our Gerard.” it’s a show of camaraderie and admiration. it sounds like an old inside joke, though Gerry isn’t there to hear it and they haven’t even met yet. there’s no possessiveness, no claim, just a ‘we’re on the same side.’ in MAG 153, because mr. waistcoat cannot let me know peace, Jon says to Julia and Trevor, “Gerry wasn’t yours.” someone finally treats him as his own person. not his mother’s son, not an asset, not a piece of that book. Jon uses that nickname and sets his soul free and reaffirms Gerry’s personhood.

Pairs of intersecting lines

(Yapping under the cut)

@jonmartinweek day 4: I really loved you, you know?