Alchemised

by SenLinYu

For so long, all she’d seen was his pride and anger. Now she couldn’t help but feel that there was something terribly tragic about him, straining beneath the surface.

“You made me feel like the parts of me that aren’t useful still deserve to exist. Like I’m not just all the things I can do.”

“Just live, Helena.” His voice was shaking. “That’s all I’m asking you to do for me.”