Slide Away: gene gallagher
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Last published Mon, Oct 20, 2025
Childhood best friends. One kiss. Everything ruined.
Delilah's grown up tangled in the Gallagher mess-especially Gene, her emotionally avoidant best friend with a cigarette always in hand. Now that they're older, the lines are blurring, and one kiss threatens to destroy everything they thought was safe.
Slide Away is a raw, slow-burn love story about two messy kids trying (and failing) to stay just friends.
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