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    Troy had read a lot about different methods of taking your own life back in Toronto. Drowning had been a common one, but also one Troy had immediately crossed out, even when making his purely hypothetical list.

    It sounded painful. Everyone who survived described the burning of your lungs, the pain of choking on the water, the sudden instinct from your body to fight for survival.

    Troy didn’t feel like that now. It felt like he could breathe in and welcome that floating feeling inside of him too. Like he could finally be free of the burden on his soul if he flooded it and let his troubles rise to the top.

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    In which Troy’s mind gets the best of him

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    18 Jul 2026

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    “I’ve always been kind of weak in relationships.”

    “Troy— ”

    “I need someone stronger than me. Dallas and Adrian were. But they weren’t people I could trust — and I never trusted Dallas, really.”

    Troy thinks Harris has an inkling about what he needs. That he needs a master. That he needs someone to guide him. Harris is so sweet about it that it looks almost nothing like how it looked with Dallas and Adrian — but it’s the same principle.

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    Excerpts from Troy's life aged eleven to twenty-six years old, focusing on his relationships with Adrian Dela Cruz and Dallas Kent during his time with Toronto.

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    13 Jul 2026

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    Troy Barrett had spent his entire adult life living behind a mask. He expected to continue until he retired.

    He did not expect his boyfriend to break up with him eleven days ago. Did not expect his closest friend to be a rapist nine days ago. Did not expect to be traded to the worst team in the league for calling him out four days ago.

    He most certainly did not expect to break down and accidentally come out to his new captain, whom he met three days ago.

    Yet, here he was. He just wanted a break.

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    12 Jul 2026

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    “Oh, hi, Ilya,” Harris said pleasantly when Ilya tapped on the doorframe of his office. He was smiling and sipping a coffee. He didn’t look like someone that was willfully breaking his boyfriend’s heart.

    Ilya had considered—back when they’d all thought that Troy was an asshole, if one that was at least attempting to reform—that he should make sure Troy knew to be careful with Harris’s heart. He’d never thought he’d need to make sure Harris was careful with Troy’s. “Harris,” Ilya said, “why did you tell Troy you wanted to see other people?”

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    28 Jun 2026

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    Troy was just placing the tray of coffee and food on the desk, shrugging his bag off his shoulder, when he heard the door behind him open. He turned around, ready to greet his boyfriend, only to feel his brain short-circuit the second he laid eyes on him. 

    The last time he had seen Harris, he had been standing in their bedroom in his boxers and a graphic t-shirt. A shirt not so dissimilar to the kinds Harris usually wore to work, only in public, they were often paired with pants and a sweater, maybe a jean jacket. 

    Right now, Harris was dressed in a suit.

    And he looked really, really good.

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    Harris wears a tailored suit for his first day of work as Director of Communications. It makes Troy feel a lot of things.

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    09 Jun 2026