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When You Fell from Heaven — 21 — Don’t Cheer Angry (18.2k words) (Patreon)

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Content warning for period-typical religious homophobia.

Dorley next! For real this time! I’ll probably do two Dorleys in a row, like I just did here.

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Sarah Mackenzie

Is this the last chapter in the second book? Also…. Aaaaah

Melanie Isobel

📣Ahhhhh ❤️🖤❤️🖤❤️🖤❤️

Ashley B

I told my self I wasn't gonna read more until the whole second book is done, and I'm a dirty liar 😂

Ophelia Magos

STARS i was so worried about Avery this chapter. I thought something irreversible had happened. I... don't trust Max's parents here lmao. Two weeks is not enough turnaround for that. I feel like they're gonna try and send her to a camp. Great chapter! As always!!

Cromalin

woof, that was stressful! thank god they're chilling out a bit, and that max and avery are talking again! really good chapter, as always unsure what to think on the avery front, but i feel like she's laying on the 'well you're a guy cheerleader' a little thick after realizing she was talking about max doing girl cheerleader stuff

SinsofSenna

I swear the chapters with happy endings are *incredibly ominous*

Zyla Kat

Oh that was so good after the last chapter,, i needed that

Lily Valentine

Oh my gosh, this chapter felt like a whole dramatic arc in its own right! Max and Clay have been having a hell of a time. Here's hoping their parents' change of heart is sincere.

Lucy Severine

Huh, is Skype an intentional anachronism here or do I not have the timeline down right? Cause I always vaguely pinned the story somewhere in the 97-99 range, but Skype didn't come out until a *firm* 2003

Miriam Robern

why does this chapter's final line fill me with more dread than any other Alyson final chapter line?

SevenFerns

God I don't trust her parents in the slightest. Even if they're being genuine deep seated homophobia like that doesn't go away without incident. They're gonna eventually let it out again and it's gonna be awful. Super worried about Avery too. Maxine really needs to tell her already, especially since I get the feeling Avery already knows. I hope Kennedy and Dominique are as chill about the trans stuff as the gay stuff...

Ronni

I love how many of us read a happy last line and immediately our thoughts turn to, "oh, no! That can't really be good!" Was deprogramming or whatever a thing in 2003? I hope it's not some kind of intervention thing by the parents.

grrl

As someone who grew up in suburban, football-obsessed Texas and spent a good chunk of that attempting to survive Giordiano parents (without my own Taylor or Avery), this story is both incredibly painful and incredibly healing.

Ronni
>>166172918

I just got a news flash today that Skype is getting shut down this year.

Ophelia O'Neill

Ahhh goddam I am just wanting for the other shoe to drop. Loved the chapter, but aaaa so stressed and keen and stressed for the next one. Also loving the inclusion and fleshing out of the other cheerleader characters too!

Maggie Heels

Sooo, one problem solved... second one to go... ❣️❣️❣️

Étourdie

On the one hand yay! Things ended well! On the other hand, this feels like a set up. Like either they're going to be phobic again, or Max is going to bump into her mom while dress shopping or something

SingularCurve

Such a great last arc if Parents G are sincere. If they are not and go for deprogramming or conversion therapy, then we got to still hold our breath just a little. Also parents this time in general may end up being cool about the "Gay thing" but be UTTERLY crappy about the "trans thing" seen it happen IRL with "liberal" parents that accepted from the start one sibling being gay but went totally ballistic about the next sibling being trans. Helped push me back in the closet so far I didnt come out till I was secure in my own housing and finances to tell my own parents I was trans. They were cool about it, unlike the other parents I witnessed. It was still a whole thing at that time in a rather liberal state. It is still rough in this day and age and no guarantee yet. I wish Maxine all the luck she needs for when this comes out. Transition so young at 18 is still tough, even if she has a good support system around her.

Danica Surman

I kind of hope their acceptance of Clay ends up a bit more complicated than it sounds in this moment. As someone else who grew up in a hard-core Catholic family, getting to acceptance came in waves over several years where it gradually got better. Also, my unhinged theory is Avery will move to Cali for a fresh start too, details tbd

Zenmadster

Okay, so I immediately added "*eventually" to that last line, because drama. And you've proven adept at that. I know there'll be some hell; I just want to see the other side of it, and hopefully a lot of good stuff that happens in between.

Zenmadster
>>166868945

Also, I kinda love Avery, but I'm starting to feel like she's a time bomb that's starting to tick.

Zenmadster
>>166868945

And because I'm me, "screaming row with the parentals" set my inner narrator to UK back to SC so quickly ey might have whiplash. I might actually worry about em if they, y'know, existed and had an actual neck :p "Shouting match" is the first thing that comes to mind, but I'm not sure it fits.

Zenmadster
>>166868945

Also because I'm me, I feel like I have to clarify that I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing. (Specifically Avery; the comments got jumbled.)

Endera

A difficult chapter. I liked how Maxine and Clay, with support from (especially) Taylor, navigated this. I *want* to believe in the elder Giordanos realizing their error. But even if it’s genuine, it will be bumpy trying to deprogram themselves. My dad has worked to get my name right, but still supports bigots; and as my sisters & I unfortunately confirmed, at least half-believes them still.

Rose Melody

I get the feeling he won't at this point, but part of me wants Clay to stick to what he said when he left and refuse to come back. I can't say I'm hoping for it, because Maxine deserves a break, but there is a tiny angry girl inside me that wants vicarious satisfaction from Consequences