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When Paul notices how strange John is acting towards him, he decides to devise a plan to figure out what's wrong. John, however, has a different idea on his mind, on account of his twenty-first birthday.

--slur warning
--they both have internalized homophobia, Paul moreso than john
--there is eventual smut lol so that tells you how that went
--graphic in some places (fighting, sex, period typical attitudes, etc)
--John is rough with a girl in chapter 2
--smut is indicated in chapter titles with asterisks, chapter 8 tells of a smutty dream john recalls having about paul