Losing Wendy: A Dark Fantasy Peter Pan Retelling (The Lost Girl Series Book 1)

by T.A. Lawrence

They’re tears not only for the lack of being wanted, but for the guilt of letting such a petty thought scrape the emptiness from my soul.

I wonder then how often the people whose smiles wash away our pain are only masking their own, overexerting themselves to make sure everyone else is okay, when inside, they’re withering away while no one else notices, too caught up in their own problems.