foreword

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by drowninggs

by drowninggs

EPIGRAPH

"grow your tree of falsehood from a single grain of truth. do not follow those who lie in contempt of reality; let your lie be even more logical than the truth itself. so the weary travelers may find repose in the lie; after the day of the lie gather in select circles. shaking with laughter when our real deeds are mentioned; dispensing flattery called: perspicacious thinking. dispensing flattery called: a great talent; we, the last who can still draw joy from cynicism. we, whose cunning is not unlike despair; a new, humorless generation is now arising. it takes in deadly earnest all we received with laughter."

— child of europe, by czeslaw milosz

SYNOPSIS

Boys from all over Europe would have loved to have gotten accepted to the infamous Sävsjö School for Boys, located in southern Sweden. Only the most prestigious and wealthy boys would get in.

Within the school, there were multiple clubs. But one in particular had no one it it. That was the Messenger Club. A club that traveled all around Europe, sending messages and delivering mail. Seems great, doesn't it? Being able to sightsee all the time and not have to go to school? Yes, except for the fact that you're never in class to learn anything, but you're still expected to complete the homework.

After a detention for a fist fight during lunch, seven boys are given an ultimatum: either serve detention for the remainder of their time at Sävsjö, or join the club.

Everything was going fine for the boys. They delivered their mail and their messages and keeping up with their schoolwork — for the most part. But, when accusations of abuse from the principal come out from one of the oldest members, no one believes him. So, those seven strong boys from all different walks of life become determined to end the reputation of the school and the club; once and for all.

Because those European boys, with lips laced with flowers, will do anything to save others.

WARNINGS

+ profanity
+ mental disorders
+ eating disorders
+ depictions of self-harm
+ sexual themes
+ substance abuse
+ violence
+ death
+ parental abuse and neglect
+ teenage angst
+ satire

TIMELINE

started - 11 / 01 / 2019
posted - 11 / 03 / 2019
finished - 00 / 00 / 0000

DEDICATION

to sutsy.
to millsy.
to marky.
to petey.
to boes.
to huggy bear.
to demk.
to eagle.
to schalatov.
to shotgun jake.
to beags.
to ferdaddy.
to bowie.
to leivs.
to motter.
to loui.
to gauds.
to pears.
to mysey.
to stretcher.
to benner.
to chrissy.
and to schenner.
thank you all for making 7:00 such an exciting time.

AUTHOR'S NOTE

genuinely excited for this, like oh my god
but also might turn this over to ryann at some point 'cause i might not be able to handle it lmao
(i say that like it's a joke, but honestly it might turn out that way tbh)
(like, she literally came up with this story for me and could write it a thousand times better than me, but when i asked if she wanted to write it, she said
mmmmmmMmmmMMMmm
i dunno
so, we'll see)

— malia :)

PREFACE

We aren't friends. I don't think we ever will be. We're just too different. We have a leader, a loner, a hot one, a pretty one, a fighter, a genius, and a funny one. In what world would people like us be friends? We weren't made to be together. But we're brothers, no matter how you look at it. The loner and the fighter, the leader and the genius. We're brothers, and nothing more; nothing less.

— MATS HOLØS

COPYRIGHT

at the time of writing this, the nucks only have three regulation losses.
if you plagiarize, they lose their next fifteen.