It's Therin's sixteen birthday. For him it's yet another birthday. For his best friend, Lucis, it's an extra special one. Therin's birthday is twenty-one days away. Yet, Lucis is already starting to drop his special brand of gifts on him.
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What would you risk to learn a family secret?
What if that secret defined your entire childhood? [/center]
CW: Brief mention of fertility, death, and a genetic disorder/illness
This story was originally created as a Twitter #VSS challenge. Bold...
The people of earth, liberated from the shackles of capitalism, reach optimistically and ambitiously into the stars, and into the future. Come aboard the first luxury cruise to the first resort on Venus, and meet the people who made it happen.