the thing is that childhood doesn't just end when you turn 18 or when you turn 21. it's going to end dozens of times over. your childhood pet will die. actors you loved in movies you watched as a kid will die. your grandparents will die, and then your parents will die. it's going to end dozens and dozens of times and all you can do is let it. all you can do is stand in the middle of the grocery store and stare at freezers full of microwave pizza because you've suddenly been seized by the memory of what it felt like to have a pizza party on the last day of school before summer break. which is another ending in and of itself
i'm rereading tfc right and i'm at the part where neil leaves his duffel bag in the dorm and i'm just confused why he didn't take out all the clothes and then take the bag with the binder to the store?? i know he said that he wouldn't be able to handle taking everything so why didn't he just leave the other stuff?? and be like yeah i needed something to carry my new stuff with.
Sometimes Neil was so lonely and so starving for touches, that he hold his own hand during the night.
Sometimes Andrew was so disconsolate and afraid, that he squished his own fist with the other hand under the pillow.
One day they were sleeping together and Neil’s hand finds Andrew’s and they won’t let go each other anymore.
cat and laila to jean is what dan and matt to neil. power couple adopting a stray cat
andrew minyard who quit smoking, something that comforts him and is reliable every single time he needs to go back to it. andrew minyard who quit smoking just so he could never put himself in a position to not be able to save neil in the future. even though he was probably mad at neil for knowing he lied to him, of all people, about why he went to see jean, andrew still chose to give it up for him. who would rather make himself uncomfortable while going through nicotine withdrawal than to ever be a second too late for neil
This is less than a page apart he’s literally so ridiculous
Ahahah... Mmm idk for what but.. yeah