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James might run away [bxb]
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Last published Thu, Nov 13, 2025
"There's escape in escaping"
James Roy hasn't run away, though the thought lingers in him like a second heartbeat. Escape is a language he knows by heart- plans sketched in silence, invisible suitcase packed with longing. What keeps him here is the weight of routine, of criticism, of expectations that grind him down.
Aleksandr Popov wants to save him. Wants to give him something gentler, something steadier. But desire and possibility rarely align.
Their story rekindles with the unlikeliest of incidents: The Goo goo dolls, a questionable performance, and a swingset under the night sky.
-Love,
An Average Guy
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