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I told him God didn't invent grocery stores. He told me that I had no proof of this, and wouldn't I feel stupid when I died and went to heaven and saw God's Food Mart? I told him that was a dumb name for a grocery store. He told me that I couldn't do any better. I told him God's grocery store was named God's Amazing Food Emporium and that they had weekly specials on the Body Of Christ Sourdough bread loaves. He told me I was sacrilegious. I..
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I can't wait until we go to dinner. I've heard Bear gets loaded on wine and cries, and then the whole thing dissolves into a big case of what-the-fuckery where everyone talks at once, and it usually ends in overshared feelings and hugging." "That was one time!"
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Ox," he said, a hint of his wolf poking through, eyes flashing. "Anything you'd like to tell me?" "No," I said quickly. "Absolutely not." "You sure about that?" he asked, his grip on my elbow tightening. I just barely managed to pull my arm free. "I'm hungry," I said, voice rough. "We should--" "Sure," he said. "Let's go." I blinked. He smiled at me. My heart stuttered a bit. The smile widened. No"
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I'm not effeminate. I'm just... animated.
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I'm glad you think that murder is bad because of how someone can use it against you,
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I didn't want to go to my room. I wanted to go see Gary and bitch and moan and braid his mane and have him tell me that Justin was a giant cockfucker and I was so much prettier than him.
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And I wished I could believe him. I wished with all that I had. And when you're eleven, you're on the cusp between still believing wishing worked if you wanted something hard enough and understanding the world is teeth and sharp edges. I wished. I did. I promise you with all that I have that I did. But I knew the teeth. The sharp edges. And they were bigger than wishing. I was only eleven, but I was the product of my upbringing too. Maybe..
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harsh-life
leaving
loss
pain
sad-quote
wishing
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LOL. Wuteva. "What the hell does that mean?" Gus asked. "Lawl? Lole? I don't speak youth!"
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Morgan said, "And what have you brought me?" "Something unexpected," Sam said proudly. "You return from the wilds with a half-giant and a unicorn," Morgan said. "That is unexpected." But the boy shook his head. "That's not the unexpected part." Morgan, in his infinite wisdom, said, "Oh?" "I went into the wilds alone, and I returned with friends," Sam said. "I've never had a friend on my own before. And now I have two. Unexpectedly."
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How do you say what's in your heart if your heart is something you haven't known for years? How do you give yourself completely when all you've done is bury yourself in grief? How do you come back from the dar when it's all you can remember?
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If I'd known having a gay best friend meant I had to go to clubs with names like Liquid and Bulge and Cockhole, I would've had second thoughts about this whole thing." "Liar. I get you more play than you would ever get on your own. Women just love you for having a gay best friend. It makes them think you're sensitive. And there's no bar called Cockhole. I would know if there was."
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Everything dies, Sam," Zero said lightly. "It's the price we pay for being alive."
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Honey bear," the unicorn said. "You are the gayest thing I've seen since I last saw my own reflection."
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sam
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You can only get knocked down so many times before you start shying away from a raised hand, even if it's extended in kindness.
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There is beauty in the written word,
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This can be our share space." He waved his arms around like he was encompassing the entire area. "Our share space," Gus repeated. "Yes," Casey said seriously. "You can share with me in our share space. It's a safe place for sharing. Judgment free, that's you and me." "I'm judging you," Gus said. "You rhymed and I'm judging you." "Share space," Casey whispered, staring at Gus intently."
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Robert Redford is like cheese: he ages well and I want to put him in my mouth.
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You follow your heart because one day, it'll lead you home.
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He's my brother. You don't turn away from someone like him just because he likes dick instead of the good stuff." I chuckle. "You certainly haven't lost your way with words."
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More Latin?" I was going to need a fucking guidebook to keep track of a language I thought was as dead as my mother."
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You can't own what belongs to the world.
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Queens," Charlie muttered. "Can't live with them, can't shoot them because it would get glitter everywhere." --
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You took something from the King," I said. "Did I?" the dragon growled. "And what might that be?" "You know." "Say it." "The Prince." "Ah," the dragon said. "I'm sorry, but your prince is in another castle." "What?" I was confused. What other castle? It sighed. "You young people today. Never respecting the classics."
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Sam." Only he could say my name with so much exasperation and fondness all at the same time. It was really quite remarkable. "I might have written an ode to his penis in iambic pentameter that goes on for forty-seven stanzas," I admitted. "I feel better now that I've said that out loud." "Of course you did." Morgan sighed. "Did you know that doesn't rhyme with as many things as one might think? That was a lesson I learned far too late." "..
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He turned and snarled at me, eyes blazing. "Eep!" I said, because even though it was scary, it was still a scary , and I couldn't help but fall in love just a little bit more. "If you lock yourself in a room like a spoiled brat again, I will track down my horn, go on a quest to get said horn, defeat whatever creature the horn, restore it to its rightful place atop my head, come back to the City of Lockes, march in a parade in my honor,..
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Wherever you are, that's where my home is.
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How soon was it, anyways?" "What?" I know what shes asking, and I attempt to stall. "That you fucked him. How soon was it after we broke up?" Her eyes narrow. "Or were we still together?" she scowls through gritted teeth. "Does it matter?" "Yes." "Right after." "I hope it was worth it," she snarls. I look her in the eye. "It was."
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I said, "I have bad dreams too. But then I remember I'm awake and that the bad dreams can't follow me when I'm awake. And then I feel better."
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The Kid told me that he thought gay people were supposed to be classy, but then he looked me up and down and said that even nice stereotypes can be a detriment to society because I obviously wasn't classy.
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I may not be the biggest Kid in the world, and I may not be the smartest, and I may not have been around to learn everything there is to know, but I do know this: people in love do the stupidest things.
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I said, "Gordo. Gordo. His wolf. He gave me his wolf. The stone wolf." Gordo smiled sadly. "I figured he did. When he came to see you?" I shook my head. "The day after I met him. When he was ten. I didn't know what it meant. They said I had a choice." And there it was. That look on his face. That fear. He said, "Even then?" I said, "Even then," and of course, "Gordo. Gordo," because a realization struck me and I was so fucking blind. "Yeah,..
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Then he started taking off his clothes, so I said, "You're getting naked?" Because of all the skin. His shirt was already off when he said, "What?" I grasped onto the only thing that made sense. "You're seventeen!" "Not for too much longer," he said and his voice was deep. Because he was leering. Instead"
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He groaned. "Don't talk about my dad while I'm trying to seduce you." "Stop talking," I begged him. "Please." And then, of course, Carter and Kelly appeared, on their run. They stopped and stared at us. We stared back. I felt guilty. Because their underage brother was shirtless and it probably smelled like a whorehouse where we stood. Kelly said, "This is awkward." I said, "Nothing happened!" Carter said, "Oh my god, it stinks like sex." Jo..
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And Casey said, "We could go get a pizza and a beer, maybe? If you wanted to." And . was on the list. Gus was prepared for . And before he could think it through, Gus said, "Hey, bro, I have a better idea. Let's go try that heart-healthy vegan restaurant that just opened over on Main Street. I hear their crispy kale and tofu salad is the bomb." Lottie dropped the smoothie she was making. It exploded as soon as it hit the ground, berry j..
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He hesitates, then says, "You don't think Otter... gets offended by what I say?" He begins to speak faster. "I mean, I don't care who Otter sleeps with. I don't care that he's a fa- gay. I don't care that he's gay. Why would I ?" He grins thinly. "He's my brother. You don't turn away from someone like him just because he likes sick instead if the good stuff."
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gay
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So while I drove my little and planned his fantasy night of how I was going to give Otter the key to my soul (his words, not mine), I silently panicked and wrote lines of bad poetry. Normally, I am quite adept at writing poems and lyrics to songs I'l never sing, but this stuff was just atrocious. For example: I love you You love me Thank God for that I'm so happy And Ty's personal favorite (which he helped me on): Otter! Otter! Otter! Don'..
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animal-rights
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funny
gay
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It's Helena Handbasket.
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For every person out there who says a man can't love another man, just know this: you're wrong because I have loved. I am loved.
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I glanced back at my merry little band of travelers. A hornless gay unicorn. A half-giant. A knight who was a jerk but that I wanted to have for breakfast.
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ryan
sam
tiggy
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He shakes his head miserably. "If only I'd gotten here sooner...." "You got here in plenty of time," I say with a snort. "We're okay." "But the truck!" he says as he turns back to us. "It was so cherry."
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A travesty of epic proportions," Tock agreed. "How much you wanna bet they couldn't even turn the computer on?"
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I look like a gay Mormon missionary," he lamented in the mirror. "Pardon me, have you heard the word of the Lord? It's fabulous!" --
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It's not destiny, Ox. You're not bound by this. Not yet. There's a choice. There is always a choice. My wolf chose you. I chose you. And if you don't choose me, then that's your choice and I will walk out of here knowing you got to choose your own path. But I swear to god, if you choose me, I will make sure that you know the weight of your worth every day for the rest of our lives because that's what this is. I am going to be a fucking Alph..
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He bent his head down, running his nose along my cheek. My neck. Behind my ear, huffing his scent onto me like he hadn't done since he'd become the Alpha. I loved it. And him. But
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