Shipper Ardelean

“one night it was just the four of them. this was early in their third year and was unusual for them all to feel cozy and a little sentimental about the clique they had made. and they were a clique, and to jude‘s surprise, he was part of it.“

„the food that night had been pizza, ordered by jb and paid by malcom. there had been weed, procured by jb, and outside there had been rain and then hail, the sound of it cracking against the glass and the wind rattling the windows in their splintered wooden casements, the final elements in their happiness.“

„he had been careful, as he always was when one of the others paid for food, to eat as little as possible, and although he was still hungry (there were 2 slices left over, and he stared at them, fixedly, before catching himself and turning away resolutely), he was also deeply content. ‘I could fall asleep‘ he thought and stretched out on the bed, pulling malcom‘s blanket over him as he did. he was pleasantly exhausted, but then he was always exhausted those days: 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙨 𝙞𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙚𝙛𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙣𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙡 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙤 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙛𝙩 𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙚.

(he was aware, sometimes, of seeming wooden, icy, of being boring, which he recognised that here might have been considered the greater misfortune than being whatever it was he was.)“

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ITA: A Little Life, Jude & Willem

“You get used to it,” he said, and Willem shook his head... He could feel Willem sigh. “I’m not mad at you, Jude,” he said. “And I know you’re trying. I just wish you didn’t have to try; I wish this weren’t something you had to fight against so hard.“