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She found she could combat them both that way, the sleeplessness and the throttling of each day, by taking her pen and writing down the unsayable things. Things not made for music or human eyes; things she can’t believe she is thinking, and feeling, and somehow finding the words for.

literal mi journal y yo

Will gives a half-shrug; like he’s shedding something from his shoulders, hardly acknowledging this thing that she broke, between them. Will wasn’t sure he could be near her like this, but it is surprisingly easy; a relief, even. And he is wondering what she meant. If things have changed. If it was only a matter of timing, for her, like she’d always said