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Functional Threshold
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Ongoing, First published Jul 23, 2021
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Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard. Athens worked hard and he was talented, but that didn't mean he was a star, or even that his hard work paid off. Athens ran because it fought off the rest of his life. It was hard to think about where he would sleep that night when he was winning a race. After narrowly winning a race that he wasn't even supposed to run, against the state's best runners, someone finally notices his potential and takes a chance on him. But while this new coach wanted a runner, Athens only wanted a family. Can Athens navigate the pressures of discovering his origins, learning to live with a family, and performing at a level he never thought possible without falling to jagged, unfixable pieces? If he works hard enough, can he make himself into an actual person? Someone with a future?
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Trusting My Brothers

52 parts Complete Mature

Liliana has always had a bad life. Ever since she was five, her mother would date the wrong people who would corrupt her, and she was the one who always got hurt. The abuse was usually mental, but then Liliana turned ten, and that's when it became physical. Four years later, she finds out that her mom died in a car accident and has to go live with her older brothers who she has no memory of. Will her brothers welcome's her with open arms? Will she learn to let them in? Will they find out the truth of her childhood? TRIGGER WARNING: includes abuse and mental health like anxiety, depression, and self harm

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