Love on the Brain
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Read between March 31 - April 21, 2025
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Levi called an engineering meeting to tear us a new one
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And he replied, Looks like a splotch of Lean Cuisine.
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is. I wonder if he hates me. I wonder if I hate him.
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smells faintly like lemon and faux leather and Levi’s delicious, masculine scent.
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his amazing musical taste is like a knife to my ovaries)
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Maybe he’s deeply in love, like Shmac. Poor Shmac.
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“I’m sorry.”
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“Correct.” I think he’s biting the inside of his cheek to avoid smiling.
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“I’m sorry, Bee.”
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“That was an excellent apology.”
Monika
Others should take this as an example.
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“I thought late-nineties grunge might fit your mood, but if you’re outgrowing your wrath, maybe we can listen to something a little less . . .”
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I, too, was an angry white boy.”
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“Bee? Are you . . . crying?”
Monika
What happened?
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“I’ll buy an album. Just let me know which one is best.
Monika
Aww, Levi.
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There was a dead possum.
Monika
Aww, no..
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Except for spiders.
Monika
Spiders can be cute too!
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“It’s sad.”
Monika
I don't think it's as sad for him.
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Tim used to make me play this stupid ‘Guess the Roadkill’ game to toughen me up, and once I literally ran out of tears.”
Monika
So Tim was an abuser, got it.
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I’m an adult with a shriveled, hardened heart now.”
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the Quasimotoes.
Monika
Interesting..
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Shouldn’t you be monitoring the road instead of staring at me?”
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if you constantly go after new things, there’s never enough of anything.”
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He flushes.
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I have no clue. I’ve long lost track.
Monika
That makes me sad.
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my uncle publicly asked me to change my name to stop bringing shame to the family.
Monika
He is an engineer working at NASA.
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“You are a NASA engineer with Nature publications.”
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you need someone to explain exactly how amazing you are at your job—or even just to bitch-slap them—I’m available.”
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something relaxing
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About here.
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Maybe there is a connection between us.
Monika
There certainly is, Bee.
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“I might have to lie down.”
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Tim.
Monika
TIM.
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I’m not. I’m dying. I’m fainting. I’m having a panic attack. My heart and my head are exploding.
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Levi is holding me now. Holding me again and I’m in his arms and it feels like I’m safe, how is it possible that when he’s around, only when he’s around, I really feel sa—
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Your girl has some serious splinter skills.
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Levi Green
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“How are you?” The rich rumble of his voice is a hint of sorts.
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my head is rotten and I’m losing it again and—
Monika
What did they do to her? My theory is having an affair with each other.
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I need someone to think for me until I’ve calmed down.
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he puts his warm hand on my brow and pushes my hair back.
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“Can you stay? Please? I know you’d probably rather be—”
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“Nowhere else,” he says, without skipping a beat. “There’s nowhere else I’d rather be.”
Monika
Oh my heart.
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that’s as much a part of our relationship as BLINK,
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“I’m a fucking asshole.”
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I close my fingers around his wrist.
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“I mean, you are an asshole, but for other reasons.”
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from the way he cups my face, his thumb warm on my skin. It’s a lot of touching for two nemeses, but I’ll allow it. I might even welcome it.
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“Seeing you like this definitely jostled my memory.
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Why you’re with that idiot, Trevor Slate?”
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Levi tenses. His hand moves lower, to cup the back of my neck. Somehow it’s exactly what I need.
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