Blackbird

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Parts 13
Time 1h 53m

Reads 2,527
Votes 329
Parts 13
Time 1h 53m

🏳️‍🌈ONC2023 Shortlister [A queer retelling of Romeo and Juliet set in modern day California.] 
    
    Tate Parker and Alex Benitez are sworn enemies, but it's not a battle line they've drawn. As the sons of warring co-workers, the pair are destined to be at odds by association. With this comes inherited rumors and social stigmas that each is desperate to break. 
    
    But when the opportunity arises, their newfound kinship threatens one's redemption by putting them in a situation where the rumor about them might become true. And for the other, he must choose which to sacrifice in the court of public opinion, his father or friend? 
    
    Both come at the risk of driving their families to the brink of war.
    
    PS - Nobody has to die at the end. Yay.
    
    Cover made on Canva.All Rights Reserved

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🏳️‍🌈ONC2023 Shortlister [A queer retelling of Romeo and Juliet set in modern day California.] 
    
    Tate Parker and Alex Benitez are sworn enemies, but it's not a battle line they've drawn. As the sons of warring co-workers, the pair are destined to be at odds by association. With this comes inherited rumors and social stigmas that each is desperate to break. 
    
    But when the opportunity arises, their newfound kinship threatens one's redemption by putting them in a situation where the rumor about them might become true. And for the other, he must choose which to sacrifice in the court of public opinion, his father or friend? 
    
    Both come at the risk of driving their families to the brink of war.
    
    PS - Nobody has to die at the end. Yay.
    
    Cover made on Canva.

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