The Merry Men Masquerade
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  • Reads 41,790
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  • Parts 28
  • Time 11h 5m
stayonbrand
Complete, First published Aug 16, 2020
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Ronan Hastings thought in lists. 

Depending on who you asked, this might be called a strategy, a shortcoming, a merit, or a crutch. Maybe even a coping mechanism. If he had to make a list to sum up his life at the moment, it would look something like this:

1. He was one of six in a group of thieves, and a good one at that.
2. He only had four friends in the world.
3.  He was probably in love, and it didn't feel good.
4. Stealing didn't feel too good anymore, either, but he didn't have anything else.
5. He was the type of person others cared for enough to make promises to, but never enough to keep them.
6. There was something about the newest member of their team that he couldn't bring himself to trust.
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29 parts Complete

I always believed that my group of friends were resilient enough to withstand anything. But then that day happened and I watched it helplessly crumble. I wasn't aware it had to crumble to build itself back up again. It was a painful process But I learned so much, I overcame so much. Here is our story. -/ Imagine the most awful thing you're mind can conjure up, in the darkest crevices of your conscience. Well for me, that was made a reality. My entire world was collapsing. I thought I knew myself, I thought I knew others, I knew nothing.

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