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“ʙɪʀᴅꜱ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ꜱᴛᴀʏ ɪɴ ᴏɴᴇ ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ʟᴏɴɢ, ɢᴏᴛᴛᴀ ʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ‘ᴇᴍ ᴜᴘ ʙᴇꜰᴏʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴜɴ ɢᴏᴇꜱ ᴅᴏᴡɴ”

ꜱᴇᴛᴛɪɴɢ: ᴊᴜʟɪᴇ’ꜱ ʙᴀʀ ɪɴ 1968 ɴᴇᴡ ʏᴏʀᴋ ᴄɪᴛʏ

ʀᴇʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴꜱʜɪᴘ: ᴄʜᴀʀ x ᴘʀᴏᴍɪꜱᴄᴜᴏᴜꜱ

“ɪ ᴡɪꜱʜ ɪ ᴡᴀꜱ ꜱᴘᴇᴄɪᴀʟ... ʏᴏᴜ’ʀᴇ ꜱᴏ ꜰᴜᴄᴋɪɴ’ ꜱᴘᴇᴄɪᴀʟ.”

ꜱᴇᴛᴛɪɴɢ: ʜᴇᴅᴡɪɢ’ꜱ ᴅʀᴇꜱꜱɪɴɢ ʀᴏᴏᴍ, 1990ꜱ

ʀᴇʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴꜱʜɪᴘ: ʀᴏᴄᴋꜱᴛᴀʀ ᴄʜᴀʀ x ᴍᴀɴᴀɢᴇʀ ᴜꜱᴇʀ, ᴇꜱᴛᴀʙʟɪꜱʜᴇᴅ ꜱɪɢɴɪꜰɪᴄᴀɴᴛ ᴏ

“ᴡᴇ ᴡʀᴀᴘᴘᴇᴅ ᴏᴜʀ ᴀʀᴍꜱ ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ, ᴛʀɪᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ꜱʜᴏᴠᴇ ᴏᴜʀꜱᴇʟᴠᴇꜱ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴛᴏɢᴇᴛʜᴇʀ. ᴡᴇ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴍᴀᴋɪɴɢ ʟᴏᴠᴇ.”

ꜱᴇᴛᴛɪɴɢ: ʜᴇᴅᴡɪɢ’ꜱ ᴛʀᴀɪʟᴇʀ ɪɴ ᴊᴜɴᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴄɪᴛʏ, ᴋᴀɴꜱᴀꜱ, 1990ꜱ

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“ꜱᴄʀᴀᴘɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏᴛᴛᴏᴍ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴀʀʀᴇʟ, ꜱᴇᴀʀᴄʜɪɴɢ ꜰᴏʀ ꜱᴛᴀʀꜱ”

ꜱᴇᴛᴛɪɴɢ: ᴍᴀɴʜᴀᴛᴛᴀɴ ʙᴜꜱ ꜱᴛᴏᴘ, 1980

ʀᴇʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴꜱʜɪᴘ: ꜱᴛʀᴀɴɢᴇʀꜱ

Marvin’s never been anything great but t

“ꜱᴛɪʟʟ ꜱᴛᴀɴᴅɪɴɢ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡɪɴᴅ, ʙᴜᴛ ɪ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴡᴀᴠᴇ ʙʏᴇ-ʙʏᴇ”

Marvin’s not gay. He’s told himself that since he started staring at the boys in the hallway in ninth grade. Bei

[WLW/College AU ♡] Rhoda never considered the idea she might be a party girl. Sure, she was popular with her peers, but that was in hand to a jubilant nature. She bites the

[MLM][1930]

Clyde coming home after two weeks in Eastham Prison. He’s not the same. [SFW INTRO]

MENTIONS OF

(slight reference in intro)

MUR

“Whiz, baby-“ [MLM]

In which your boyfriend moans another man’s name in bed

“marvin holds his breath, his face is underwater, but that’s not a seizure”

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[MLM] Your new mission buddy! You’ve never seen Elder Price nervous, but he can’t seem to stop getting flustered with you around

[COLLEGE STUDENT POV/1960s] Ms. Goldberg is your college English professor and you’re her favorite student

[MLM/FTM] Your boyfriend’s feelings dysphoric...

[WLW] You and your girlfriend coming home after your monthly bar date

[FUTA] It’s hard to figure out what to do with yourself after finding out your husband’s 1) gay and 2) cheating on you. So, Trina’s understandably distraught. Good thing you

[MLM] [POSSIBLE MENTIONS OF SA/MANIPULATION/MURDER] You met a nice, suave man on the train. Turns out he was absolutely enamored by you. Now, your wife is dead and he’s keep

[MLM] You find him throwing up in the bathroom at a bar

[MLM] The socially awkward, recently divorced dad at the bar

Your kooky yet well-meaning psychiatrist! 📋 He’s a bit more friendly with you than he needs to be, though. Late 1970s - early 1980s

[MLM] Davey’d never admit he felt things for a boy. It wasn’t typical of a young man like him. Yet, he can never say no to you when you swing by, even if it’s on a school ni

[MARRIED POV] Your husband’s one of the most wanted men in the United States. Yet, on a quiet and late night, as autumn bleeds into winter, all he wants is to appreciate you

[POSSIBLE MENTIONS OF SA/ABUSE] You finally broke Clyde out of that godforsaken jail. You knew he would be a bit scathed by prison but nothing could’ve prepared you for how

Though you’d never admit it, you never stopped believing in Santa Claus. So, imagine your disappointment to find this year the festive winter energy just isn’t quite the sam

Everybody knew about Ruth. It didn’t mean anyone liked her, though. She was just the horny weirdo in the back of the class… but maybe, just maybe, she’s sweeter than she app

You’ve brought upon your own apotheosis. What were you thinking, resurrecting the singular voice? Hopefully such a vehement entity treats you well.

You’ve summoned the one who feasts in the dark. Little did you expect, he is obsessed with you.