Love on the Brain
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Read between March 31 - April 21, 2025
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angular gyrus jab,
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She might curse our families. All our firstborns shall have ingrown toenails, for centuries to come.”
Monika
I thought that she may be inlove with lady Jackson Kaylee.
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He should be sent to jail for the way his biceps look.
Monika
Oh Bee. That made me chuckle.
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“Okay, that part’s unrealistic.”
Monika
Is it?
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“I want you to let her do her job.”
Monika
Now now what is going on?
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“Levi, just like I told you every single day you’ve come to me with this last week,
Monika
He DID care. Enough to go to his boss to ask him to let her do her job. You eople are holding yourselves back intensely!
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“Not nearly as good as her, not when it comes to neurostimulation.”
Monika
Then why not act like it, Levi?
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Upside Down,
Monika
Stranger things reference?
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Then he notices me and freezes.
Monika
Well, what do we do now if BLINK won't happen this year?
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Like the elaborate maze of mirrors through which we’ve been looking at each other
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My fingers need to quit shaking or I’ll chop them off. If my tear ducts dare to let even a single drop slip through, I’ll tie them shut forever.
Monika
Please corporate my body!
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His grip is gentle but tight around my flesh.
Monika
I might faint.
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the implications only hit me several days later, the moment I found two of his mismatched socks still in the dryer.
Monika
God, your emotions coming much later , and your brain starting to realize at the same time as your heart. What did you do Tim?
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There might not be an on from this now.
Monika
Oh bee, it is going to be okay one way or another.
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“Are you okay?”
Monika
No.
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“And so do other people. The engineers, the astronauts, contractors who’d be out of a job if it were postponed.”
Monika
this seems not planned out well by NASA.
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“I’m not sure I do.”
Monika
There is no WAY. Smart but oblivious?? Levi, we need you to think.
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“That you despise me.”
Monika
Because of how you act(ed).
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Like the person who avoided me like I was a flesh-eating porcupine was his evil twin.
Monika
He really did not how how his behaviour made her feel? Levi, I beg you. THINK.
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gas station sushi,
Monika
But who would buy sushi from a gas station?
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“You know I don’t despise you,”
Monika
Now now, don't you dare Levi.
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“Bee.”
Monika
My heart flutters.
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He says my name again, with that voice, and all I see is red.
Monika
So do I! Hello?
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my fiancé that he should marry someone else,
Monika
I think it would have been better if you would have never met Tim.
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I’m crying, I’m crying in front of him, and I hate him.
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I’m not mad at him—I hate him.
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I hate him, hate him, hate him, with a passion
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I hate him. And I don’t want to feel so much.
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Portugal to get a hug from Reike.
Monika
Oh, dear bee.
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I fantasize all the way home,
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This one hits a little too close.
Monika
The universe trying to tell her not to give up? Oh, the irony.
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“Maybe I should quit academia,”
Monika
Do not give up your love for science for this Bee. It's going to be okay.
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My career is the ultimate unrequited love story,
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But what would be left of me without neuroscience?
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fact-check Hollywood scripts?)
Monika
Tell me about it.
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That brain differences predict variations in personality?
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Maybe I should feel all my feelings now, so I can be solution-oriented later.
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SHMAC: Sure am today
Monika
THAT IS LEVI.
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She’s still the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.
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“There is no other neuroscientist I’d want to do this project with. Not a single one.”
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“With me?”
Monika
I do!
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“Yeah.”
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“Please, tell me this mess doesn’t end in a murder-suicide.”
Monika
Already talking like great friends.
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but Levi pulls on the back of my flannel and lifts one eyebrow—
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You’re supposed to follow my lead.
Monika
Woops.
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Oh shit we have competition similar.
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than to collaborate with—” I look up, notice the way Boris and Levi are staring at me,
Monika
Sorry Levi.
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public before coffee.
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I give Levi’s phone back, and his fingers brush mine, rough and warm.
Monika
Hehehe.
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sign of weariness
Monika
That is a good sign!
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