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okaywolfYou&& (working title) is a queer novella about when home is other people, including the monsters lurking in the woods. Check out the about page here. You&& is a sequel to Sometimes The Mountain Buries You.
Deep in the woods of a distant place where people speak French, an eclectic mix of friends in leather and denim and canvas; with patches and safety pins and handstitching; mostly wearing boots in mostly states of falling apart; their heads shaved and dyed and pierced, watch their friend stand frozen in front of something the presence of pumps more adrenaline through them than they can stand but remain standing frozen.
They grip each other's sleeves and wrists and fight the urge to rush forward, the urge to stay still, the urge to run.
They watch as a long talon—longer than the arm of the tallest amongst them—lifts smooth slow. They watch its point stop at their friend's chest and press forward into their friend's heart.
When they sob and scream, they can't hear themselves.
Deep in the woods of a distant place where people speak French, an eclectic mix of friends in leather and denim and canvas; with patches and safety pins and handstitching; mostly wearing boots in mostly states of falling apart; their heads shaved and dyed and pierced, watch their friend stand frozen in front of something the presence of pumps more adrenaline through them than they can stand but remain standing frozen.
They grip each other's sleeves and wrists and fight the urge to rush forward, the urge to stay still, the urge to run.
They watch as a long talon—longer than the arm of the tallest amongst them—lifts smooth slow. They watch its point stop at their friend's chest and press forward into their friend's heart.
When they sob and scream, they can't hear themselves.
