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-Sunday, August 24th- But she was never sure about that. Having read the final sentence of printed text in the novel she'd been re-reading that weekend, Katrina lingered at the end. She re-read that last paragraph again, soaking it in, letting it settle, filling the cracks and wrinkles of her cortex. So bittersweet, so...real to her understanding. Inbetween her recent coffee date and before her roommate arrive on campus, Katrina had taken some time in her mostly set-up half of a dorm room to drink in the ending of the beloved novel. She flipped the last page pf narration and stared absent-mindedly at the flyleaf. The final page of the book, j

A/N: After receiving multiple comments over the years insinuating that the way I write these two characters is 'gay,' I finally decided that since I had never actually written a story with them in an actual romance, I'd try my hand at it. Perhaps unexpectedly, the setting turned out to be a fairly depressing backdrop. Please feel free to leave feedback on the execution, specifically in regards to 'telling' versus 'showing,' as I am trying to strike some kind of balance between alluding to backstory that can be dug into more later, while also explaining enough to give the situation context. Mud, Sweat, and Tears Chapter 1 - Quiet It was a tran