Ryan's Waltz

~4000 words.
Rated R.
Ryan/Pete; Pete/Patrick; Ryan/Pete/Patrick.
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A waltz is a ballroom dance in 3/4 time, with three steps in each measure. Ryan is surveying his own personal waltz unfolding in front of him.
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______...Helter skelter, hang sorrow,
______care will kill a cat, up-tails all, and a pox on the hangman.
_____________- Ben Jonson