Blurred Faces

‘ I mean, it’ s nothing really. An old face from the past.’

Two men meet on a dating app. It’ s supposed to be a casual encounter between strangers. Jordan is only back in Edinburgh to visit his complicated family, and Davie is reeling from a painful breakup.

Yet Davie recognises Jordan as someone he knew long ago, when they were both closeted teenagers at the same school. Back then, Jordan was relentlessly bullied – and Davie was one of the bullies. But Jordan doesn’ t remember him at all.

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