valeria + lorenryke’s Reviews > Long Way Down > Status Update

If anyone knows the many, many layers that cause us to run, to hide, to scream, to stay quiet-that make up who we are-it's all of us.
Lo, Lily, Connor, Rose, Ryke, and me.
As I step away from the counters, Ryke climbs off with our daughter in his arms. He follows me towards the basement. I glance over my shoulder, at our friends and our family.
We all wear armor made of love and time.

I remember this moment. I remember how her scar pulls with her overpowering grin. I remember how she breathes heavily. Like she's raced miles to reach me. I remember Sullivan's giggle and kick
of her legs. I intake Daisy's soul-bearing smile and
whisper, "Senza di te, il cielo non ha sole."
I cup her cheek with my free hand.
"Without you, the sky has no sun."
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she named you sullivan 💔💔💔💔

NO MATTER WHERE WE ARE YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE MY GIRL 😭😭😭😭😭 gillow my angels!!!

Ryke Meadows (Gryffindor), Loren Hale (Slytherin), Willow Hale (Gryffindor, like Neville Longbottom). Thanks for caring about me, even before we were family.
My brother and sister.
I practically had no one eight years ago. It hits me- how we've all come together in time. How alone we were before. And I can't imagine a world where we don't ever find each other.

MY FAMILY!!!

I'm tougher than you think. You just need to believe in me. You know, like a fairy.

LILY CALLOWAY IS VERY, VERY MAGICAL 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

connor cobalt showing his love for ryke meadows MY HEART!!! MY ANGELS!!!

I lost Adam Sully at twenty-seven, and I thought I'd at least have him for another five fucking years. Not ten, not twenty, but I thought five... just give me five more years with my friend. And we'll reach the summit again.

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DAISY MEADOWS 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

"I knew," I say slowly to her, "that you were the only girl that I'd ever fall in love with-could ever fall in love with-in Cancun, Mexico, on the boardwalk of a bungee jump." She begins to sob, shaking her head. I cup her face between my hands. “I knew back then, Daisy Petunia Calloway, because you were the only girl I'd ever met that was as deeply caring and as fucking lonely as me. It was you. Only ever you."