(is floor time referring to back pain stretches because i can really get behind that 😭)

Hugs + commiserations about the subs. The long hold to R pipeline def. hurts more than just a quick form R 💀 I try to make 15-30 min/day where I just write something fun that I never plan on editing/subbing

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Angel! This was so tender 😢 Always love your unique lyrical voice (+ that Monster reference!). "There are limits to summer" hit me hard.

(Also, really felt that author's note. Agree 100% that sometimes it's the small things done together rather than the conversations that are most comforting 🖤)

Thanks so much for reading 🙏

He's convinced they have secret gaming nights.

This was fantastic, really had me totally immersed the whole way. (And congrats on your first publication! 🎉)

Also have to mention: this story was inspired by my longstanding fear/mourning that Shanghainese is disappearing* as a language.

(*the result of decades-long policies discouraging use of the language in schools, leaving a whole generation of kids/young adults who now have little experience with it)

That's awesome! Congrats!! 🎊

Thanks for putting this together every year, A.C.! Always a great way to catch up with what everyone's been up to over the past year.

Here's mine 🙏
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Ohh, I didn’t even notice that! Gotta tell the kiddo 👀