Iamreadingwords
Recent bookmarks
-
Tags
Summary
After surviving the bathroom, all Adam wants is to repress whatever he has to and get on with his life. Lawrence makes this difficult.
“Do you know,” Lawrence says, “What happened to the original Saint Laurence?”
“No?” Adam says, not sure where this is going. They pull up at a set of traffic lights and the red glow of them makes Lawrence look suddenly demonic.
“He was roasted on a gridiron over hot coals,” Lawrence says. “There’s a legend that halfway through he called one of his persecutors over and whispered something in his ear.”
“What was it?”
Lawrence looks over at him and grins, showing off his perfect white teeth. “I’m done on this side. Turn me over.”
Adam wrinkles up his nose. “Cute.”
Bookmarked by Iamreadingwords
02 Sep 2025
-
Tags
Summary
This is what had always been most treacherous about the Forsaken One--people are usually acclimated to its presence, long before they’re sacrificed to it. Loneliness isn’t the experience of finding yourself the only person in an empty room. Most of the time, people feel loneliness like a habit. Sometimes, there’s no reason for it all.
Series
- Part 1 of At the Interim
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 22,928
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Comments:
- 247
- Kudos:
- 2,255
- Bookmarks:
- 611
- Hits:
- 36,449
Bookmarked by Iamreadingwords
15 Feb 2024