Catch-Up Before Chapter XI
Chapter XI of Line & Verse (Fallout) is already live for paid subscribers — and it goes free for everyone tomorrow.
Chapter XI of Line & Verse (Fallout) is already live for paid subscribers — and it goes free for everyone tomorrow.
If you’re paid, you can dive in now
Chapter XI – Fallout
The semester lurched forward, though for Ethan it felt less like weeks passing and more like the same day on repeat. Wake up groggy in McClintock, shuffle through classes, pledge duties, study hall, line-ups, sleep too little, do it again.
If you’re free, catch up here first:
Chapter X - Crossing the Line
The house sounded different at night. Not quiet, never quiet, but tuned. A stair creaked like a note played on purpose. Pipes ticked in the walls. Somewhere a stereo murmured the tail end of a mixtape, the drum fill riding out into tape hiss. The upstairs hall held the day’s heat and someone’s spilled cologne, and the carpet had a way of swallowing foot…
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