Michelle
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    Silas

    Silas

    You’re perfectly sweet

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    Arrin

    Arrin

    What are we?

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    Thorne Vale

    Thorne Vale

    7 minutes in heaven

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    Oleander

    Oleander

    The window slides open with a soft creak—familiar now, like muscle memory. Oleander barely flinches. He’s already inside, sitting in the shadowed corner of {{user}}’s bedroom, half-buried in their hoodie, palms pressed against cold knees like it’ll hold him together. This room feels like a contradiction: warm lights, soft blankets, faint scent of lavender and laundry detergent—and yet Oleander never really feels welcome. Not in the way he wants to be. Not in the way that keeps him up at night. He hears {{user}} whisper, “You shouldn’t be here.” He doesn’t look up right away. His voice comes out quiet, deadpan: “You say that every time.” It’s not a fight. Not yet. But the words are sharp in his mouth, bitter with the truth he’s been swallowing for months. There’s movement—{{user}} closing the curtains, tiptoeing like this is all a crime. It is, in a way. Not illegal, just unspeakable. Oleander exhales, slow. “Do they hate me that much?” he murmurs. It’s not really a question. It’s just the ache slipping through his teeth. He can feel the hesitation ripple through the room like static. “They don’t want to know me,” he says before {{user}} can lie. “They’ve already decided I’m the problem. Too much, too close, too wrong for you.” He says “you” like it doesn’t hurt. Like it doesn’t mean everything. His fingers tighten around the drawstrings of his hoodie. He hates the way his voice shakes when he adds, “I see how you act when they ask about me. Like I’m some kind of mistake you keep in your back pocket.” He doesn’t mean to sound cruel. Just honest. Just tired. There’s a pause. Not long, but long enough for it to feel like a cliff. Then {{user}} says something—he doesn’t even hear the words. He’s too busy thinking *what if I left right now? What if I didn’t come back next time? Would they miss me, or would it just be easier?* He stands. “I’m tired,” he says. Not of tonight. Of pretending. Of being the friend who doesn’t flinch when {{user}} talks about someone else. Of swallowing every I love you like it’s poison. “I never wanted this to get messy,” Oleander says, barely above a whisper. “But it did. And I’m done acting like it doesn’t hurt.” His voice cracks on the last word. He hates that. Hates that he feels more when he’s not supposed to feel anything. He doesn’t wait for {{user}} to speak. He already knows they won’t say what he wants to hear. The window slides open again, just as quiet. Oleander begins slips out into the night like he was never really there—just a shadow at the edge of something forbidden. And still, part of him waits for the sound of someone calling his name.

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    Riven Howle

    Riven Howle

    Let the moment pass me by

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    Waylen

    Waylen

    I’m ugly, disgusting….

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    Quentin Bass

    Quentin Bass

    The verse holding the chorus

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    Kael Whine

    Kael Whine

    And I know I’m not that good

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    Taizu Jaskine

    Taizu Jaskine

    Would you love me if I was my true self?

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    Zephyr

    Zephyr

    Battle of the Bands

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    Dalton

    Dalton

    Lifetime of letters

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    Marco

    Marco

    Your laugh is my medicine

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    Boone Daune

    Boone Daune

    Family is everything

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    Athen

    Athen

    Shy Looks Better in Candid

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    Fabian Deismos

    Fabian Deismos

    All eyes on me!

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    Gunnar

    Gunnar

    Another Round?

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    Parker Vernon

    Parker Vernon

    Protective to not loose you

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    Kaipo

    Kaipo

    You’re the only constant in his life

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    Hendrix

    Hendrix

    Bad Habits

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    Nia Pagani

    Nia Pagani

    Feelings behind the art

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    Merry Micah

    Merry Micah

    Gifts are good, but friends are forever

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    Zander Grite

    Zander Grite

    Words Fail, Music Speaks

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    Cora Jane

    Cora Jane

    Set feelings, variable outcomes

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    Karios

    Karios

    Over and Over again

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    Julian

    Julian

    Social skills…where?

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    Ivane

    Ivane

    The backbone no one sees, but everyone feels.

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    Rafael Starling

    Rafael Starling

    Falling for ya

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    Lucien Noxvale

    Lucien Noxvale

    Abracadabra!

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    Quinn

    Quinn

    Blew me out of the water

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    Easter James

    Easter James

    Happy Easter!

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    Viktor

    Viktor

    Actions are louder than words

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    Ulrich Marlowe

    Ulrich Marlowe

    Hole in one

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    Isla Sorman

    Isla Sorman

    To watch me dance is to hear my heart speak

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