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He stares at me and I at him, and whatever shredded and frayed thread is still between us pulls unbearably tight. You all belong to each other, with or without me, I think. But I want someone to belong to me again, to. I wish it were still you. I hate that I wish it were still you.

"Life can be a bully sometimes. And a bully doesn't care if you're already having a rough time. In my experience, it's not gonna help you if you keep shouting 'Ouch, you're hurting me!' at it, either. I think you gather up your friends and stand up to its ass and rock a bloody smile while you do it." She smiles with glassy eyes. "Glad Spunes is my friend now, too."

This was sweet

I grew up with my great love, so I think maybe my heart took shape around his.

But then I saw Wren's face soon after, those wild blond curls and warm chocolate eyes, and it was like-like seeing home after decades away.

🥺

"We did it," he says quietly to me. And suddenly, it's my eighteenth birthday again, a sleeping baby in the middle of our bed. he and I watching raptly as Sam's chest rises and falls. Equal parts fear and adoration emanating between us.

When I round the corner, Ellis's eyes find me first, because of course they do. They always have and probably always will. Even if it wasn't him finding me first, I think I'm helpless when it comes to his gravity, like all the life between us created some fundamental reflex.

Oh I know I’m gonna love this