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Were I to fall in love, indeed, it would be a different thing! but I have never been in love; it is not my way, or my nature; and I do not think I ever shall.
condone
Vocab word!
It’s not even a smile—it doesn’t touch his eyes. It’s smile-adjacent. It shares a zip code with a smile, maybe goes to the same school and shops at the same neighborhood grocery store, but it is decidedly not a smile.
I look him right in the eye and summon all my saltiness. “Yeah, sorry, been busy.”
You send the best GIFs.” “I do, don’t I?”
Guysss it's me!! (I really do though)
But after a while, you grow weary of beautiful.
“So, pal, what all do we have to catch up on?” “I’m pretty much the same, bud. Chum. Compatriot?”
Omgosh yayyyy! I love synonyms for friend :)
“While I don’t take offense at the word ‘sappy,’ I prefer a word like… sentimental. Dare I say… romantic.”
Cool cool cool.
Yes yes yes, I say this too!
The firelight hangs on to the angles of his face. The curve of his brow. The cut of his jaw. Everyone must realize how lovely their friends look in the light of a firepit on a beach at midnight. It’s one of the hallmarks of friendship, I’m pretty sure.
“What’s your major?” “English. Creative writing, actually.”
Ooooo yaaasssss
“I never laugh more than when I’m around you. And you were—you are so damn cute.”
“I’m starting to think you don’t value my opinion.” “Excuse me,” she says, faux-offended. “I absolutely do. It’s just not as meaningful as mine.”
“We can’t keep meeting like this.”
Yaaass the use of the title!
He unwraps a pastel-pink macaron,
Okay that is scary because I just had one of these today!
“And sometimes the world is terrible, and love stories… They make it feel less heavy.”
It was the only way.
Hahaha no it's not. You literally could've just told them the truth. I don't think they'll make as big of a deal about it as you think.
