(something bitter)

[SOMETHING BITTER] Chase: You sure? Leo: Yeah. Clean all the sugar outta my mouth. He gives me a look, like he's not sure this is a good idea, but he pours. I was expecting it to be black, but it's bright blue-green, like river water, in...

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(something strong)

leo: chase, if you're asking me to push you to make a choice? you know what i'm gonna choose for you. chase: yeah, i think i can guess what you'd choose. chase: ...and i'm not saying don't. my heart races when he says that.

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(how about you start me with something light and sweet)

[HOW ABOUT YOU START ME WITH SOMETHING LIGHT AND SWEET?] Chase: I know just the thing. He fills the glass. I don't see a label on the bottle. The liquid is the color of the sunrise on the mountains, and it smells like a citrus popsicle. Tastes like...

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(continue down the road)

The highway only goes one place, it turns out. It dead ends at a low building with a gravel parking lot. There's a cloud of moths around a light over the door, but that's the only sign of life. The windows are painted over. There's a truck and a van...

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(something hot)

[SOMETHING HOT] He smirks at me. Chase: Hm, well, I'll have to see if I remember what you like... let's see, sweaty blowjobs, lying on top of poor defenseless otters like you're trying to squeeze them flat, and snuggling so long after you finish that...

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Echo: El Primero de los Misterios Dolorosos

I'm driving down the highway. I don't know exactly where I am, but everything seems familiar. The smell of rock dust and sagebrush, the landscape, the traces of sunset at the edge of the sky even late at night. Wherever I am, I'm not far from home. I...

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(my head...)

leo: chase, did something happen to you? chase: what do you mean? my head is pounding. leo: please... just, reassure me. tell me that you... being here... doesn't mean you're... dead. chase: leo.

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(i think i've had enough for now)

leo: chase, i still love you. leo: i can't imagine anything hurting more than losing you did. leo: than it still does. leo: and this? whatever and wherever this is? getting to just... be with you, with him. it's good. it's so good it hurts.

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Family Pride

Tj looked in their direction and saw leo, chase and kudzu. to his disappointment they weren't as decorated as his family was, but he was relieved to see them the same. he called and waved at them, and soon the two families were reunited.

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Adventures of LEO! part 1

This time leo chased hero. and so hero leaded him to a palace... there were a royal king and queen. and guard commander. as soon as they saw hero entered the palace they knew somethig smells there.

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(something light?)

leo: chase, what was that? chase: what was what? leo: why was sydney here? how was sydney here?! chase: like i said... it's your dream. you tell me. i'm getting frustrated with having no idea what to say to that. [something...

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Birthday

leo, chase and kudzu went with sydney on his jeep, going directly to sydney and tj's house, while tj and the kids went on his van, diverging half the road away.

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