The Books We Read

and yes, that means it’s the only one where Jeremy finds his soulmate.

it’s also the only one where Cat finds her literal ride or die best friend.

and the only one where Laila has someone else to connect with over missing roots.

it’s the only one where Cody is so appreciated for something as small as sharing fruit.

or Derek and and Derrick have someone to call “lil bro.”

it’s the only one where Xavier is accepted by a stranger without question.

it’s the only one where Tanner has such a cool mentor, even if he’s rough around the edges.

and the only one where Kevin doesn’t have to live as the only member of the perfect court.

it’s the only one where Neil would willingly go back to the state he buried his mother in.

it’s the only one where Renee gives up her cross to a friend as a string of faith.

plus the only one that Rhemann is seen as a father and not just a coach.

and it’s the only one where Jab gets adopted by a family that will love him.

Jean Moreau is as infinite as he is wonderful.

he’s the boy who didn’t want to live, but Nora asked him to anyway. and god, is he.

and then they pull back just enough to meet each other’s gaze, their breaths inter-mingling, and suddenly they do a total 180.

jeremy’s arms locked around jean’s neck and jean’s hands pressing jeremy as close as possible, but it still isn’t close enough—

jerejean kissing each other almost hard enough to bruise, like the cord that’s been holding their want and desire for each other finally snapped. they kiss each other’s mouths numb and try to drink each other in because they’ve been waiting for this for so long.

in the stolen glances. the light touches. the heart to hearts. these two have been starved of each other for longer than they’ve even known each other, because they’re soulmates in every single lifetime, but especially this one.

Someone mentioned Jeremy looked lonely in this artwork…naturally, I had to add Jean!👀

"it was grass and lake water and sunshine"

between quarters, the jumbo tron is showing a "look-a-like" game on the screen where the camera operators find people in the crowd who look like different celebrities or animated characters. andrew's not paying any attention to it when the crowd goes wild. a teammate nudges him to look up and lo and behold, wearing a Minyard jersey is andrew minyard's look-a-like, aaron minyard himself.

dan: foxes interview moments ranked on a scale of "tetsuji moriyama should resign" to "did you know i've never been skiing"

kevin: USC trojans best plays ranked 30th to 1st

andrew: why kevin should be banned from powerpoint night (1 slide, picture of kevin's title slide captioned 'seriously'

matt: neil's top ten freshman year moments (#1: picture of him punching riko at the winter banquet. cue long suffering andrew 'you did what.')

aaron: why alkaline water is BULLSHIT and how to spot other health-related pyramid schemes, kevin

seth: best foxes fights and who won (he's tallying everybody's points)

allison: neil's most 'wtf is that' outfits and what i would put him in instead (neil: why me?)

nicky: action movie protagonists that are secretly gay

renee: best places to conceal a knife on your person (andrew is taking notes)

neil: various sports and why exy is better