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genderqueer rep!

“...But there are way better ways to break off a wedding than flipping out on the actual day of the wedding. I wish I’d figured it out sooner. Or maybe that I’d never thought it was a good idea in the first place.” “Was it the idea of being married? Or the...what you said before? The life you expected to have?” “I think that appealed to me.” ... “Or just the idea that I’d have something other people recognized, you know? My parents paid for a lot of my college, and it’s not as if I grew up and became a doctor or a lawyer or something. I grew up and became a temporary office worker.” “Which you like.” “Which I like a lot, but it’s not what they expected from me. I’m queer, and they’re fine with it, but it wasn’t what they expected. They love Mason. They would honestly get us back together in a second. Us getting married was something they understood. We loved each other, we were committed to each other, of course we should get married.” ... “It’s difficult to be always outside of that model. Any model, really. But that’s a potent fantasy for a lot of people, and not just for themselves.” “Exactly.” I sighed. “That’s exactly right. I broke Mase’s heart. But in a way I feel like I broke my parents’ hearts, and even my friends’. Like we had this great thing that everyone celebrated and I screwed it up. Threw it away.”

Desires Entwined Series Review by Tempeste O’Riley

Desires Entwined Book 1 Designs of Desire by Tempeste O’Riley

Designs of Desire

Artist James Bryant has forearm crutches in every color from rainbow for fun to sleek black for business. He even has a pair with more paint splatters than metal. After his family’s rejection and abuse from a man he thought loved him, James only just gets through the day by painting. He lives in constant fear…

LAF IS GENDERQUEER!!!!!!! THEY USE THEY/THEM/THEIR PRONOUNS!!!!!