Previously: The loudest tongue ring in the world. THE WORLD. — Marines: Hello, my patient and beautiful doves. Here we are at last. When we first started recapping After, and...
Previously: Hardin leaves after a text from Jace, and Tessa is gonna get to the bottom of this. — Marines: I remember taking lots of celebratory drinks while nearing the...
Previously: Another fight and still no idea why Hardin spent a night out punching. — Samantha: Hardin and Tessa arrive home, and Tessa notes that it is freezing because Hardin turned...
Previously: No talking to boys in the buffet line. — Marines: As they walk away from the buffet line, an oblivious Tess is like “so where’s Landon?” and Hardin is like...
Previously: Hardin didn’t beat up Tessa’s mom, amazing. — Marines: Hardin changes the subject from the fact that he stayed out all night beating Zed up. He assumes that since they...
Previously: Mommy dearest. — Samantha: Tessa notes that she has truly stunned her mother, which doesn’t happen often. Her mother remarks that she can’t afford this place. Tessa does not tell...
Previously: Hardin spilled his childhood trauma. — Marines: Tessa wonders if she can eat now that all of the emotional manipulation is over. Hardin gives her permission (?) but tells her...
Previously: Hardin stayed out all night and got into a fight and made Tessa feel like shit. — Samantha: FYI, dear readers, this chapter has a content warning from us...
Previously: Sex at work. — Marines: We did a live-show on our Patreon recently and someone asked when we would finish After. lol. Samantha: *Is* there an end? I’ve sort of...
Previously: Moving in to the tune of Hardin’s temper tantrums. — Samantha: Idk, it says that they’re heading to the hamper literally the sentence before the chapter starts but then they’re...
Previously: Tessa tours Hardin’s messed up psyche, or something. — Marines: Hardin signs the contract and slides it over to Tessa, who signs before she can overthink anything. And by “overthink,”...
Previously: Tessa and Hardin had weird make up sex. — Samantha: This is one of those chapters that tries to show us how cute and playful Hardin and Tessa are actually....
Previously: Light verbal assault and this isn’t how any of this works. — Marines: Hardin grabs Tessa by the neck. She claims it’s to deepen the kiss, but I don’t know,...
Previously: A suck and blow mystery. — Samantha: Tessa scrambles away as Hardin slams Dan’s head into the grass. She wonders if he would have also slammed his head into concrete...
Previously: Nothing in the whole world could break Tessa and Hardin up, swearsies. — Marines: Hardin and Tessa are both very tense about Jace’s presence. Jace gives them a bit...