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I'm back, and I'm back writing Trails! Will wonders never cease?
I'm about to start the third week of my PGCE, and I'm actually feeling like I could be a good teacher? Like, the imposter syndrome has started to abate in the last few days, and I think I can do this.
That being said, I've been working slowly away at a chapter way way ahead of what's currently published with Trails (and neglecting my edits and coursework like the pro-procrastinator I am!), and I am so so excited to eventually publish this part of the story.
Here's six snippets from this chapter. First five are Simon POV, the last is Baz.
Baz has nearly died too many times in the last month. I can’t believe, in here of all places, I almost lost him again.
“Baz.” His name comes out like a prayer, like an exaltation. With all the love I feel for him, imbued in three letters.
Every time I try to slow things down and let him set the pace he whines, a needy little sound at the back of his throat. And every time it completely ruins any self control I’m trying to muster.
I pull back to stare down at him. At his movie star sultry eyes, his hair, already drying at the ends, and starting to twist into dark waves against the pillows.
He’s still naked beneath me. Beautifully, completely naked.
And this, right here, is my key problem. No matter how many times I am reminded that the world we live in is decidedly unfriendly towards anyone of the homosexual persuasion, there’s a tiny kernel of hope that stays lit inside my chest. Snow could come home with a new girl every week, and all it would take would be one look across a room, one shared smile on our roof, one brush of his shoulder against mine, and I would be done for. He could tell me to my face, like he did today, that a homosexual affair was a mistake, and I would still love him.
I do.
I always have.
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