As I reread iwtby again, I'm on the chapter where Bradley and Jake go to Long Island for Thanksgiving. All I can think about is the absolute devastation that Bradley's car accident caused his family and friends. He woke up mourning his future, and everyone else is just happy he gets to have one.
No this is SO TRUE. And honestly there’s a big part of Bradley that hadn’t dealt with it really. Like he worked his ass off to get out of the hole after the accident, but then he shoved it all in a box. And it’s actually after the Long Island chapter that he starts to unbox it, look at it, feel it. That builds through the next several chapters, kinda culminates with the Key West bit and Texas. He finally talks to his family and friends about it. Apologizes. Thanks them. Talks they’d really just never had for fear of sliding back into that hole again. (Jake knows none of this…but in Bradley pov that’s what’s going on) and we get this lighter Bradley. This guy who is truly dealing with all those feelings and it makes him ready to really build this life with Jake and know that’s what he wants. Jake, his family, his friends, the restaurant, just this life more than anything. (Bradley pov maybe one day you’ll come to fruition but I have it all in my brain and on an outline) but also yeah can’t think too hard about what his friends and family were thinking like especially his parents?! God. And then here comes this blonde southern football player and their son is finally himself again for the first real time since the accident, this lighter, silly version. And they all cry when they finally talk about it. About how terrifying it was and how it still hurts. That Bradley still hurts. And it’s okay to admit it.
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