Keep A Vacancy For Me

It's the year 2000, and Ezekiel and Jed are free.

In Skasnorth, where the sun rises when Jed does and sets when Ezekiel and Jed (EzekielandJed) fall back into the sheets, life is established.

Smoking in bars, body shots in the backs of vans, Ezekiel and Jed are the best of friends.

Merely two best friends who find themselves in each other's beds every night.

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It's the year 2006, and Ezekiel and Jed are tired.

In Skasnorth, where every other tree reminds Ezekiel of the things he's done, the things he hasn't done, the things he will do, life is agonizing.

Tensions in grocery stores, fleeting gazes at funerals, Ezekiel and Jed barely know each other.

Ezekiel and Jed who barely know each other, and yet, would do anything for the other.

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Six years is a long time. Six years is barely anything. Six years is an eternity. Six years is nothing compared to the time Ezekiel and Jed have spent together. Six years is everything.

Six years, and everything has changed.

And it's up to them to figure out how to fix it, if that's still possible.

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