a study in survival

“I don't have a brother, ma'am," Adam replied. But Blue saw his eyes dart to Gansey.

David craved James often. Like a cigarette after a long run or a glass of whiskey after a complicated game followed by a flared pain in the hip; like something forbidden and cursed, broken just as all things about him were. It was hard to untangle a mystery why he would want to add Rhemann in a list of his habits. But then again, he had never asked for answers, either. (Or, David Wymack, his mutual attraction to his rival, James Rhemann, two times when refuses to act upon it, and one when he finally gets to misbehave as much as he wants.)

MWAH <— telling you i hope you know you are loved and incredible

yes!!!! i finished reading it yesterday, in fact, and by god, it is the strongest book i had read thos year; not sure if anything can compete with it, honestly. the author did a tremendous job crafting these girls and exploring topics of gender, abuse, and class, and i am definitely going to reread it in the future to do more annotations.

the way this is declan about matthew

declan lynch redraw idea

tcasou is back, baby. 20k words of the pack are here.

jean playing with neil's hair as they talk (he will say that he checks the colour). neil laying with his head on jean's lap. jean letting him sit on his knee/lap in crowded spaces. neil hanging on jean as a monkey.