I draw LILAH in big, big letters. Galaxies of stars, flowers, and balisong knives with butterfly wings. All the deadly sweet and beautiful things. Prove I can be a good alpha? I can’t wait to headshot every asshole who looks at Lilah, even thinks of Lilah, but that doesn’t make me good for her. I’m empty except for a borrowed thread of starlight that I have to figure out how to lock down and keep in a pretty jar. With air holes. And, like, purple Easter grass and little cookie snacks in there. What I offer is a shittton of nothing. So Lilah can have me. The whole fucking nightmare package.
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