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Sirop de Citron: Bringing Myself Back to Life

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  1. Issue · Aug 12, 2026

    Either You’re Stupid or You Think I’m a Fool (opens the original)

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    TW: DVThis is our first major disagreement.And I don’t know what to do.I try to keep up with what Zach is saying, I write it out in my journal.He says things that often confuse me.You miss subtleties in communication.You’re passive-aggressive.You think you’re always right.But it’s not your fault, you mean well.In the short time I’ve been with you I have never seen anyone have as ma

  2. Issue · Jul 30, 2026

    This Is for You (opens the original)

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    TW: DVTonight I watched the Barbie movie.I remember being curious about it when it came out.I was so used to being shot down by then.Part of me was hopeful in a way I hadn’t felt in a long while.So I gathered up the courage to suggest seeing it.“We could go see the Barbie movie?”I figured we’d seen the movie he’d wanted to see last time, why wouldn’t we see something I was looking forward to watching?“It’s for little girls,” Earl scoffe

  3. Issue · Jul 18, 2026

    The Long Way Home (opens the original)

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    TW: DVThe moment I step inside the store, my chest is caught in a vice-grip.I make it to the bread aisle up front and can’t physically move any further.I’m completely thrown.Then I remember the last time I was here.I told him I was going to the store across town and would be an hour and a half.I’m putting down a bag of apples, the ones he likes.My phone vibrates, and I struggle to retrieve it from my bag.“Hey, I’m at the till.”“I was getting worried,” he says, and there’s a slight edge to his to

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