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“You better enjoy that bottle,” I snap, “because it’s your fucking last.” She takes a long sip, hesitating briefly before putting the glass down.
“I’ve since made it a healthy habit of taking people for their word when I’m not wanted, preferring to be in the company of those who do.”
But it’s not the fucking bottle we’re up against, Delphine. Never has been. It’s just how you numb it.
“I know I told you once that soldiers don’t stay, General, but they don’t fight wars such as these alone. If you want to finally end this battle, I swear to God, we’ll go in and do it together.”
please let me be your friend again, General. That’s all I want,
“I loved you through space and time before, and I’ll do it again. I’ll do it again. I’m with you, I’m with you, always,”
Maybe he’s wordless because he already resides in the same wasteland I’ve just gained entrance to. The land of broken heartbeats and lost dreams. The land of unconscionable pain.
Tobias is the last living member of his whole goddamned family. In a sick way, I envy him. He has nothing holding him back from being the emotionless monster he’s trying his best to become.
He’s a reason. He’s a reason to endure another second. A reason to keep my now misshapen heart beating.
