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The Book of Life / The Book of Love

hellooooo, thank you for asking! here is another snippet from my Port Townsend 80's AU

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While Edwin called the pizza shop, Charles turned on the telly. What kind of movies did Edwin even like, anyway? Amadeus? Or The Dead Poet's Society? No, he probably liked French cinema, or silent films, or history documentaries. Nothing Charles had ever seen, surely.

Chin in his hand, he flicked through the channels. Footloose. No. Top Gun. No. Alien. Definitely not.

Outside, rain pattered against the windows. The telly's connection warped, fuzzing out Ripley's face. Charles flicked to another channel. Through the black-and-white snow, he could just make out Scooby and Shaggy's outlines. They bolted through a haunted bog with three little girls—a mummy, a vampire, and a werewolf—trailing behind them.

Charles checked the program title. Scooby-Doo and The Ghoul School. He loved this movie.

"I love this movie."

Charles blinked. Edwin stood beside him, eyes glued to the telly.

"You like Scooby-Doo?" he asked.

"I do. The Ghoul School is Niko's favorite. We attended its midnight release at the cinema."

"Oh." Charles fiddled with the remote. "Do you want me to turn it off?"

"It's all right. Indulging in her favorites dulls the loneliness. Perhaps its strange, but I feel as if she's here with us."

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WIDOW'S BAY ⇢ 1x02 | LODGING

-His wife ditched him and asked for 900k a year,

-He was sexually assaulted which he said kicked him into a deep depression

-He stated that the stunts from the 3rd Mummy movie completely destroyed his body and he was in and out of the hospital for 7 years even having to get surgery to repair his vocal cords.

-He apparently blamed himself for all this which only worsened his depression.

Compare with this image from the GQ article last February:

Proper lighting, professional setting, good angles etc.

Plus

2019 Brendan is still slaying, so btfu

Do you hear him? You're actually considering this? What would that make you? What's it say about us? About this place? You want Evan to grow up in a place that does something like that?

Niko: yes?

Crystal: I need you to send Charles some gay manga your gayest-ass yaoi. he needs it. Immediately

Niko: I have a reading list prepared for him obviously but why is it urgent?

Crystal: I just got to the office and Edwin was fucking spinning him around in the air while he giggled and obviously I was like what the fuck Nd they were just like “why are you acting weird this is normal boy guy behavior” “So you’ve done this… before??” “Of course Crystal this is perfectly normal boring guy boy man bro activities” no the fuck it ISN’t So I need you to educate Charles

Niko: …I don’t know, I’m trying to work on the match-making thing. There Is A Platonic Explanation For This and sometimes people know themselves better than I do And

Crystal: Charles’s fucking foot popped up when Edwin put him down. While giggling His foot Fucking Popped Niko