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Another low laugh. The ice in his drink clinks against the glass. It makes her stomach tense.
“Probably for the best. I didn’t think you wanted to go home with someone living in a flex space in Murray Hill, anyway. Let me buy you a drink.”
“One drink,” Alina says, willing stern warning into her voice. Unsure if it’s directed at herself or him. “Are you going to try and explain shorting to me?”
He grins, incisors gleaming in the dim light.
“Only if you ask nicely.”
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Alina gets more than she bargained for with Wall Street tsar Aleksander Morozova.
Or: Astrology GF Alina, Stockmarket BF Sasha
“Probably for the best. I didn’t think you wanted to go home with someone living in a flex space in Murray Hill, anyway. Let me buy you a drink.”
“One drink,” Alina says, willing stern warning into her voice. Unsure if it’s directed at herself or him. “Are you going to try and explain shorting to me?”
He grins, incisors gleaming in the dim light.
“Only if you ask nicely.”
—
Alina gets more than she bargained for with Wall Street tsar Aleksander Morozova.
Or: Astrology GF Alina, Stockmarket BF Sasha
1701 pages, ebook
Published April 10, 2022
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December 17, 2023This is one of the best stories I have ever read. ❤️
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October 4, 2022I’ve never felt so seen by a piece of fiction in my life. Persephoneselene I think I owe you more than I could ever explain. This is going to be one of those books (yes, book, because to call it anything less would be an insult of the greatest degree) that I’m about to keep reading and rereading my entire life. Thank you so much, once more, for writing this persephone
April 13, 2022
HEARTBREAKING. VULNERABLE. TORE MY HEART OUT. EXCEPTIONAL. I CRIED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE THING AND I LOVED IT.
July 25, 2022
i dont even go here but ohmyfuckinggod this is one of the best pieces of writing I've ever read in my life
September 22, 2022
does anyone have it downloaded?? i wanna reread it, but it is now hidden on ao3
December 30, 2024
Unnecessary drama caused by the heroine's infidelity
The writing was very bloated, but the story initially flowed well with the development of the couple—something the author decided to abandon in favor of long, cheap drama. The last 200 pages are wasted on this forced anguish, and the heroine becomes a very irritating character.
*A note for those considering reading the book (something the author doesn't even warn about)
The heroine cheats out of insecurity and for a very poorly thought-out reason, ultimately abandoning the hero. She also considers getting involved with a woman to forget him.
The writing was very bloated, but the story initially flowed well with the development of the couple—something the author decided to abandon in favor of long, cheap drama. The last 200 pages are wasted on this forced anguish, and the heroine becomes a very irritating character.
*A note for those considering reading the book (something the author doesn't even warn about)
The heroine cheats out of insecurity and for a very poorly thought-out reason, ultimately abandoning the hero. She also considers getting involved with a woman to forget him.
August 21, 2022
So beautiful. Read at least 8 different times.
August 7, 2025
C'est sans doute la meilleure fanfiction que j'ai jamais lue (et que je relis d'ailleurs régulièrement) et j'ai très hâte de la sortie du livre qui l'adaptera.
C'est une ambiance dépeinte avec soin, un style vraiment unique et très inspirant, et surtout deux personnages qui nous emmènent très loin dans leurs ressentis et leurs contradictions.
J'ai apprécié également leurs conversations, les thématiques autour de la finance, l'histoire du capitalisme aux États-Unis, les références bibliographiques qui font de ce petit bijou quelque chose d'absolument unique.
C'est une ambiance dépeinte avec soin, un style vraiment unique et très inspirant, et surtout deux personnages qui nous emmènent très loin dans leurs ressentis et leurs contradictions.
J'ai apprécié également leurs conversations, les thématiques autour de la finance, l'histoire du capitalisme aux États-Unis, les références bibliographiques qui font de ce petit bijou quelque chose d'absolument unique.
August 4, 2022
não tenho nem palavras para descrever o quanto eu amei essa história 🫣
April 12, 2022
nothing will ever affect me as deeply as this story did. achingly perfect and beautiful, exquisitely agonizing with the perfect ending. bravo.
October 9, 2022
i love
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December 24, 2022oops 🫠
December 25, 2025
chef kiss
September 13, 2024
A poignant and smutty Darklina fic that left me conflicted.
The idea to translate the Shadow and Bone characters into Wall Street bankers and leftist college students worked surprisingly well, thanks to the author's careful research into economics and politics. But even if it was heartfelt and well-written, I was uncomfortable with the smut, and Alina's character appeared to be so hopelessly broken the reading became frustrating.
I'd still recommend it if you're interested in an exploration of trauma and healing through sex: if you can stomach the excruciatingly long characters' journey, the ending will be a balm.
The idea to translate the Shadow and Bone characters into Wall Street bankers and leftist college students worked surprisingly well, thanks to the author's careful research into economics and politics. But even if it was heartfelt and well-written, I was uncomfortable with the smut, and Alina's character appeared to be so hopelessly broken the reading became frustrating.
I'd still recommend it if you're interested in an exploration of trauma and healing through sex: if you can stomach the excruciatingly long characters' journey, the ending will be a balm.
February 8, 2023
I’ve read it 33 times in the span of 1 month and I cried each time, no other book has made me go back to a story so many times, I’m sad it’s no longer on ao3 and I really regret not downloading it p.s if anyone has it can I please please have it I beg of you
April 17, 2025
250K words of absolute classic literature. 10000/5 stars. my life will never be the same.
November 12, 2025
life changing. feel so seen. have read it 10+ times.
December 21, 2025
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ |
to be seen is to be loved.
1. 13/07/25 - 2. 22/12/2025
“𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁—𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀, 𝘀͟𝗵͟𝗲͟ ͟𝘄͟𝗮͟𝗻͟𝘁͟𝘀͟ ͟𝘁͟𝗼͟ ͟𝗯͟𝗲͟ ͟𝘀͟𝗲͟𝗲͟𝗻͟ ͟𝘀͟𝗼͟ ͟𝗯͟𝗮͟𝗱͟𝗹͟𝘆͟ ͟𝘀͟𝗵͟𝗲͟ ͟𝘀͟𝗵͟𝗮͟𝗸͟𝗲͟𝘀͟ ͟𝘄͟𝗶͟𝘁͟𝗵͟ ͟𝘁͟𝗵͟𝗲͟ ͟𝗮͟𝗰͟𝗵͟𝗲͟ ͟𝗼͟𝗳͟ ͟𝗶͟𝘁͟, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀, 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀. ”
ah yes the desire to have someone know you in ways no one does to just..be.
“𝗜’𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂,” 𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘀, 𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗺𝘂𝗿𝗺𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗽𝘀, 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁, 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗵𝗲’𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗿—𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗴𝗼 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁. “𝗜’𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗳𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂—𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲, 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗮, 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲—” 𝗢𝗵, 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺. ”
“𝗜—” 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘀, 𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗿. 𝗛𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝗹𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗹𝗼𝘄, 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻. “𝗜…”“𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗲, 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗮—𝗜’𝗹𝗹 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗜’𝗹𝗹 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴—” 𝗠͟𝗮͟𝘆͟𝗯͟𝗲͟ ͟𝗼͟𝘁͟𝗵͟𝗲͟𝗿͟ ͟𝗹͟𝗮͟𝗻͟𝗴͟𝘂͟𝗮͟𝗴͟𝗲͟𝘀͟ ͟𝗵͟𝗮͟𝘃͟𝗲͟ ͟𝘄͟𝗼͟𝗿͟𝗱͟𝘀͟ ͟𝗳͟𝗼͟𝗿͟ ͟𝘁͟𝗵͟𝗶͟𝘀͟;͟ ͟𝗵͟𝗼͟𝘄͟ ͟𝘁͟𝗼͟ ͟𝘁͟𝗲͟𝗹͟𝗹͟ ͟𝘀͟𝗼͟𝗺͟𝗲͟𝗼͟𝗻͟𝗲͟ ͟𝘆͟𝗼͟𝘂͟ ͟𝘄͟𝗮͟𝗻͟𝘁͟ ͟𝘁͟𝗼͟ ͟𝗯͟𝗲͟ ͟𝗲͟𝘃͟𝗲͟𝗿͟𝘆͟𝘁͟𝗵͟𝗶͟𝗻͟𝗴͟ ͟𝘁͟𝗼͟ ͟𝘁͟𝗵͟𝗲͟𝗺͟.͟ ͟”͟
“𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄—𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮—𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳, 𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹, 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲. ”
our life is determined by what we think we deserve and our choices , experiences and the level of intimacy we allow in our life are dictated by this. creating a a cycle of self destructive behaviours to avoid feeling the pain of being icarus flying to close to the sun a metaphor for wanting more than what we’re made for.
“𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲, 𝘁𝗼𝗼: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁—𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯�� 𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲; 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗳𝘂𝗹—𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗳𝘂𝗹—𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲, 𝗻𝗼𝘄, 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗶𝗺, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗶𝗺—𝗔𝗹𝗲𝗸𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘇𝗼𝘃𝗮, 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲’𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻—𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗿? 𝗧𝗼 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗮 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗮 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱: 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗿?”
but what if we just live ? allow ourselves to feel the pain and the vulnerability that comes from giving someone power.
to be seen is to be loved.
1. 13/07/25 - 2. 22/12/2025
“𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁—𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀, 𝘀͟𝗵͟𝗲͟ ͟𝘄͟𝗮͟𝗻͟𝘁͟𝘀͟ ͟𝘁͟𝗼͟ ͟𝗯͟𝗲͟ ͟𝘀͟𝗲͟𝗲͟𝗻͟ ͟𝘀͟𝗼͟ ͟𝗯͟𝗮͟𝗱͟𝗹͟𝘆͟ ͟𝘀͟𝗵͟𝗲͟ ͟𝘀͟𝗵͟𝗮͟𝗸͟𝗲͟𝘀͟ ͟𝘄͟𝗶͟𝘁͟𝗵͟ ͟𝘁͟𝗵͟𝗲͟ ͟𝗮͟𝗰͟𝗵͟𝗲͟ ͟𝗼͟𝗳͟ ͟𝗶͟𝘁͟, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀, 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀. ”
ah yes the desire to have someone know you in ways no one does to just..be.
“𝗜’𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂,” 𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘀, 𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗺𝘂𝗿𝗺𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗽𝘀, 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁, 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗵𝗲’𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗿—𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗴𝗼 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁. “𝗜’𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗳𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂—𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲, 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗮, 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲—” 𝗢𝗵, 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺. ”
“𝗜—” 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘀, 𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗿. 𝗛𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝗹𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗹𝗼𝘄, 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻. “𝗜…”“𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗲, 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗮—𝗜’𝗹𝗹 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗜’𝗹𝗹 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴—” 𝗠͟𝗮͟𝘆͟𝗯͟𝗲͟ ͟𝗼͟𝘁͟𝗵͟𝗲͟𝗿͟ ͟𝗹͟𝗮͟𝗻͟𝗴͟𝘂͟𝗮͟𝗴͟𝗲͟𝘀͟ ͟𝗵͟𝗮͟𝘃͟𝗲͟ ͟𝘄͟𝗼͟𝗿͟𝗱͟𝘀͟ ͟𝗳͟𝗼͟𝗿͟ ͟𝘁͟𝗵͟𝗶͟𝘀͟;͟ ͟𝗵͟𝗼͟𝘄͟ ͟𝘁͟𝗼͟ ͟𝘁͟𝗲͟𝗹͟𝗹͟ ͟𝘀͟𝗼͟𝗺͟𝗲͟𝗼͟𝗻͟𝗲͟ ͟𝘆͟𝗼͟𝘂͟ ͟𝘄͟𝗮͟𝗻͟𝘁͟ ͟𝘁͟𝗼͟ ͟𝗯͟𝗲͟ ͟𝗲͟𝘃͟𝗲͟𝗿͟𝘆͟𝘁͟𝗵͟𝗶͟𝗻͟𝗴͟ ͟𝘁͟𝗼͟ ͟𝘁͟𝗵͟𝗲͟𝗺͟.͟ ͟”͟
“𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄—𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮—𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳, 𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹, 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲. ”
our life is determined by what we think we deserve and our choices , experiences and the level of intimacy we allow in our life are dictated by this. creating a a cycle of self destructive behaviours to avoid feeling the pain of being icarus flying to close to the sun a metaphor for wanting more than what we’re made for.
“𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲, 𝘁𝗼𝗼: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁—𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯�� 𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲; 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗳𝘂𝗹—𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗳𝘂𝗹—𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲, 𝗻𝗼𝘄, 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗶𝗺, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗶𝗺—𝗔𝗹𝗲𝗸𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘇𝗼𝘃𝗮, 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲’𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻—𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗿? 𝗧𝗼 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗮 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗮 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱: 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗿?”
but what if we just live ? allow ourselves to feel the pain and the vulnerability that comes from giving someone power.
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