It’s no secret Tav and Luca are going out. After the accident, it’s also no secret that new kid Jack Collins has a raging case of homophobia, and is not best pleased about having given the kiss of life to a gay guy. Either Luca quits swimming, or Jack is going to make him.<br><br>Tav favours the tried-and-true method of knocking Jack’s teeth down his neck, only he can’t really afford another school suspension. Luca favours just ignoring him, only ignoring a penknife being held to your throat at New Year’s Eve is downright stupid.<br><br>Thing is, Luca suspects Jack is a victim of something himself. And time is running out for Luca to get through to Jack, before Jack gets rid of him.

The Italian Word for Kisses

“Okay,” he said, and finally got out of bed.


Loathe as he was to admit it, Mam had a bit of a point. Tav didn’t even know yet who’d been with Luca at the time, where he’d been going, whether anyone had flat-out seen what Tav suspected had happened. Luca wasn’t a retard; Tav knew he wouldn’t have slipped off the pavement. Who even did that? But if nobody had outright seen Jack do it, the police weren’t going to do shit, no matter what Tav had told them.So if nothing else, he had to find out the details—the proper details—from whoever knew them who wasn’t Jack Collins.


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