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tears aren’t weakness — they’re the proof of real strength | musing no. 24

what brotherhood really looks like when the mask slips

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Aug 14, 2025
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two men stand side by side at dusk, one resting a hand on the other's shoulder, both holding beer bottles, silhouetted against a fading sky, with the word "cuffed" in the bottom left

the first time it happened, i was caught off guard.
not by the sight of him — but by the way he held my eyes and didn’t look away.

men don’t talk about moments like that. they bury them. they joke them…

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