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Diverse friend group this. Diverse friend group that. I’m bisexual, Spud had an uncle from India, Begbie has a dangerous undiagnosed personality disorder and Sick Boy is half Italian. You can’t even hope to get on our level.

(Mark had been struggling to come up with an appropriate reply, so he was more than happy to be shut up by a kiss. Smiling, he eagerly accepted the kiss, wrapping his arms around Rip. Nothing intense or demanding, but an obvious urge to be close.)

ʳⁱᵖ ( archived )@webofecstasy.bsky.social · 11mo ago

( Rip's full trust yet had to be earned, but he chose to believe Mark right now. He sounded honest enough to dispel any doubts Rip might've had about Mark's genuine feelings. ) Good. If you do anyway, don't let me find out. >

//I think one of my favorite background jokes in Trainspotting is Mark’s friends spending over half a novel teasing him for being gay for ridiculous reasons that Mark vehemently, repeatedly denies. Just for Mark to say, the second he’s alone, that yes he is bi, but not for those stupid reasons.

(If only Rip knew how close he was to the truth. After all, how could a junkie like Mark get together enough money to fly to the states snd live without a job so far? Something definitely wasn’t adding up. Mark had left all of that out though, of course.) Love her? That ship had sailed years ago.—

ʳⁱᵖ ( archived )@webofecstasy.bsky.social · 11mo ago

( Completely cutting off everything and everyone from his previous life sounded too much like Mark was on the run. Why else would he do something like that? Rip was way too familiar with that pattern.>

I left. I didn’t say goodbye to anyone. Not my friends, not her, not even my parents. I just put a few things in place so my mom would hopefully not report me missin’, but I guess that’s still a real possibility. (He’d simply got up and left that day with nothing more than money and just enough—

ʳⁱᵖ ( archived )@webofecstasy.bsky.social · 11mo ago

( What a heartwrenching story. Rip could swear that he'd only seen one of those in his mom's favorite soap operas when he was a kid. ) Jesus, Mark. You sound just like one of my buddies from college. The thing is that you're not gonna be able to keep anyone if you think like that.>