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Nikky Balgrathe

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Cheap Trick

(i want you to want me)At the end of the strangest 36 hour period of her life to date, it all culminates in this, with Katie finding herself standing behind the curtain. The bass is pumping in her ears, but it’s barely audible over the drumming of her heart. She picks up the guitar and a familiar wave rises through her, that mixture of shame and anxiety, it burns through her skin, feeling hot in her blood flow and blooming red through her skin, leaving flaming scorch marks on each cheek. Despite all the time spent with her head way down, she...

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Abstinence from Abstinence

Weekly Contest #350

(bloodbath)Alex stands in the middle of the bedroom, his heart sinking and his stomach growing cold. Each hair on the back of his neck stands on end as he notes the pileups, and that’s pileups in plural; there’s dishes, clothes, rubbish, and lies and lies and lies. The air is still, growing heavy with realisation and regret. Then there’s a bang as the door slams open and Ted walks in. Then silence. The kind you could slice with a knife. “I know what you’ve been up to,” says Alex. There’s an almost imperceptible raise in Ted’s eyebrows. “Don’...

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