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by
S.M. Gaither
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August 21 - August 24, 2024
For everyone who’s ever been told they’re ‘too much’— Go ahead and burn as brightly as you want to.
sometimes what was considered monstrous changed depending on the lighting.
“Sometimes admitting we’re lost is the first step to finding the way, isn’t it?”
“I feel…” he replied, slowly, “as though someone should have taught you not to play with fire.”
“So let’s keep the danger in mind,” he murmured, “and please believe me, Little Sparrow, when I tell you that I could set fire to every inhibition you possess, and when we are finished it will only be you and I among the ashes. I will be the only thing you can think of, and it will not be disdain that you feel toward me, I can promise you that.”
“Well, I would tell you to feel free to think of this mouth while I’m gone,” I said, “but I’m sure you were already planning to think about it.” His gaze finally fixed on me, burning with possibility and promise as he said, “Among other things.”
A monster, but a monster who had gifted me the sun. Who had offered me healing in every way he could after my trials…and then let me go when he saw no other way to aid in that healing. He was still the villain. I couldn’t forget that. It was just… In my head, I’d written our story much differently.
His voice lowered. Still annoyingly calm compared to mine, but clearly frustrated. “Tonight I just needed to make sure you were okay.”
“I don’t know what you were thinking, but I never needed you to swoop in and save me. I don’t need you to burn the world down for me—if I wanted that done, I could do it myself.”
“Sometimes we hold on to painful things, I think, because letting them go feels like letting go of the person who gave them to us.”
“So perhaps I’ll just stand among the ashes with you,” he said, “and admire your work.” “I could allow that.”
“I fell asleep with you in my arms, woke up the same way, and now everything else feels unbalanced in comparison. You’ve ruined me, I’m afraid, and it’s obvious to anyone paying attention—Valas
