For a while, we pretended. For a while, I was the kind of man you could have chosen in the end, and you weren’t the angry, forbidden girl. We clung to merciful lies to hide from harsh truths. We unleashed our dark sides, screamed our pain, and skinned ourselves raw to let the other in. Then it was frightening because we were falling even though we said we weren’t, and we hurt anyone standing in our way, even each other. We resisted all belief, seduced fate, and sinned in the name of love. Our hearts were never on the table, my darling, because we’d thrown them at each other—you, angrily, and
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