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Okay I was absolutely not expecting this

What. The. Hell

‘It feels like I’ve been alone in my corner for a long time okay? I’ve built my walls too high.’
‘They’re worth the climb.’
‘They aren’t.’
‘They are. For me, they are.’
Omg stop this is so cute

I will never function normally after this!! She put her earphones on because she can’t stand to hear an helicopter after what happened and it doesn’t work so she puts her hands on her ears and start having a panic attack AND WHAT DOES HE DO!? He puts his hands on top of hers to cover up the noice.. I M SORRY WHAT

“From: Alex Corbeau-Green
Subject: Begging (noun) as someone earnestly or humbly for something
Unblock my number. This is getting old.

From: Ophelia Winters
There’s nothing humble or earnest about you.

From: Alex Corbeau-Green
Subject: Not focusing on my workout anymore
Meet me under the rugby stands. I’ll get on my knees and show you just how humble I can be.”
Oh girl you’re stronger than me

‘One down. Seven letters. First letter O. I’ve had a long day, and I want her for dinner.’
😵🫠

“I feel so deeply. I always have. Every emotion that runs through me goes through an amplifier on the way in. The tiny inconveniences feel like mountains, the annoyances become insurmountable wrath. I cry at charity adverts, laugh at dogs in the park. I can’t watch someone feel blue and not let it stain me too.
My mind is a chaotic blend of too many colors, too bright, too busy, too loud.”
Oh to be seen

“Ophelia is my deadly nightshade. She’s bad for me. I know what she’ll do to me, but she’s too beautiful. Too enticing. She’s too deep in my bloodstream already, painful and ecstatic all at one.”

“Her tears run over her endless freckles. I fight the urge to kiss them away.”

“ ‘Until midnight you can.’
‘And then we won’t speak again?’
‘If that’s what you want.’ It might finish me off, though. “
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