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just a dash of love, a dash of patience and maybe a little bit of softness,
“I don’t have time for lost boys and redemptions.
Those were all silly, little dreams of a woman who wanted to change things that were unchangeable, and I needed to face the results of my actions.
“That’s a bitter bravery, my silly little heart. You’re running away from him and you’re tearing your soul apart.”
“I wanted to give you everything, Ophelia. The world, this universe… I would’ve taken down the stars from the sky, only if you asked for it. But you ran. You fucking ran away from me, not once, but twice, and now you won’t even talk to me. I deserve better than you.”
But if strength was walking numbly through life, ignoring everything that ate our souls, then I didn’t want to be strong. If falling apart and asking for help meant getting
better, finally getting happier, then I would rather fall apart ten thousand times than pretend that everything was okay.
I needed a reminder of who I was and what I was capable of. I needed to remember that I could be both Heaven and Hell.
“Wolves change their fur, but their nature? Never.”
hated weddings, deep inside of me, I hoped that I would get to live long enough to have someone look at me like Nico was at Alessia.
There would always be a part of me that wouldn’t be able to trust other people. Even though it could be my downfall, it could also be my salvation.
but change was inevitable no matter how much we wanted to avoid it. Humans weren’t made to sit in one place with everything going on in the same way it always did. I needed to accept it and move on.
There was only so much a person could forgive before their love turned into poison.
“Fuck you, Storm. Fuck you and your merry band of leather-wearing asshats.”
was never meant to be yours and you were never meant to be mine,” Ophelia continued. “And that’s okay.
“Ty deystvitel'no dumala, chto ya pozvolyu etomu uyti, Natalia?”
“Ya znayu vse.”
“Loving you hurts, Storm,” she murmured. “It burns as if a thousand suns fell down on me, scorching me to the bone. And I don’t know if I can do this any longer, Storm.”
You’re like a burning sun, Storm, and standing in your shadow is killing me.”
but this thing with Storm, whatever it was, was my favorite game. I could play it if it meant having him at least at night.
