Beasts Like Us
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Epilogue
Dazi wished he had a paper bag to breathe into. He held Mateo’s hand tightly as Mateo led the way up to his front door.
“Are you sure they’ll like me?”
Mateo rolled his eyes. “We went over this the whole ride down; yes, my parents are going to adore you. Come to think of it, my mother may challenge you to a tree-climbing contest. Don’t be a sore loser.”
Dazi laughed. Mateo always knew the right thing to say. Over the past few days they had found their imperfections were drastically outweighed by the ways they made each other happy. Please let me make his family happy, too.
Mateo’s father answered the door. He had laugh lines on his otherwise youthful-looking face and he warmly invited the both of them inside. Mateo’s mother, who shared Mateo’s strong jaw and thick eyebrows but was nonetheless incredibly pretty, stood waiting in the living room beside his grandfather, whose ancient eyes acknowledged Dazi with a nod of approval that lifted Dazi’s spirits.
“Mother, father, mam, this is Dazi.” Mateo smiled and proudly added, “My husband.”
THE END
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ABOUT FERAL SEPHRIAN
Feral Sephrian is a jack-of-all-writing-trades who scribbles anything and everything from poems to shorts stories to novels to screen and stage plays. She recently graduated from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County with a double-degree in Ancient Studies and English Literature and a minor in Theatre Design and Production. She hopes to take this education and tell the stories of the past, present, and future in a variety of media.
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