Jane and Julio

Jane and Julio was a short story I shared with readers on Tumblr in 2018. It was written very casually in a series of text posts and Tumblr ask responses, as oppose to a traditional prose style. It explores the backstory of Tori, Charlie, and Oliver’s parents – Jane and Julio – and how they met in 1980s Mojacar, the Spanish town Julio’s parents live in. I hope you enjoy it!

today i’ve been thinking about what to name Charlie and Tori’s parents and now i can’t stop making up an entire backstory about them and how they met and fell in love god damn it

so Julio and Jane met in the summer of 1986 in Mojácar, Spain…. Julio was a bookish literature student with round wire-rim glasses and wildly curly black hair staying at his parents’ house for the summer before heading back to uni in the uk… Jane was an introverted young woman who’d taken a solo detour while inter-railing to get away from her overbearing friends and family….. Julio can’t bear to see this random English girl who never smiles eating alone at the local restaurant every night……………

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