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I know you’re supposed to believe your parents, trust what they’re saying, and I have. I’ve believed every word my dad has uttered since I learned what words meant, but now I’m not so sure anymore. I stopped believing in Santa when I was nine years old, and I feel like I’m gonna stop believing in my dad one day too. Maybe I already have.
“What?” I shrug. “He’s a rotten, terrible, stupid boy.” “I know, but just because he’s terrible doesn’t mean you need to be.”
uggo
Fucking great. I knew he wasn’t cut out for an apocalypse.
home is exactly where I’m headed. Turns out it only took an apocalypse to bring me back.
My gaze slips to his pecs, then his abs, and whoops, that’s quite the bulge.
Animosity hurts you, not the person it’s directed at. It’s like poison, but you’re the only one consuming it.”
Loss happens in an instant, but it lasts a lifetime.”
“A piece of my heart aches. It always does. Sometimes the pain is sharp and debilitating. Other times, it’s a dull twinge I’ve learned to live with.”
The boy I was able to find something amazing in all those years ago finally came back to me, and it only took the world ending for it to happen.
Because a day like this offers all of us hope that we can love and be loved even in the darkest times. The world may have ended, but our humanity is endless.
