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Recalculating

by Maraschino House

A matchmaking algorithm gave them 71%. Eight years later, in a hospital break room, she finds out why he's been keeping count.


The First Recount (Sarah)

The algorithm gave us seventy-one percent, and Marcus spent eight years turning that number into a joke we told with our hands.

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