"𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚎𝚝𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚒𝚎..."
𝑎 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑝𝑜 𝑑𝑢𝑚𝑝
"...𝚒 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚍, 𝚖𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚍, 𝚗𝚎𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞."
"𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚎𝚝𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚒𝚎..."
𝑎 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑝𝑜 𝑑𝑢𝑚𝑝
"...𝚒 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚍, 𝚖𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚍, 𝚗𝚎𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞."
anecdote of the pig, tory adkisson // achilles & partoclus // house of dragon, 1x07 // plainwater, anne carson // the truth about forever, sarah dessen // lighthousekeeping, jeanette winterson
"It's not like, we would get married and then live happily ever after."
"Why not?"
If only we could travel back in time Right where we belong Maybe we’ll never need a reason why We danced until the dawn
bro you better shut the fuck up before i look at you one day and feel warm and realize i’ve fallen in love with you bro. im serious quit it dude
I don’t know if you met someone else or if you don’t want me anymore.
I want your arms to cradle me as I nap the day away. I want to feel your kisses on my forehead as I dream about our future.
i think my favorite dynamic between 2 characters has gotta be “what’s gayer, being gay or whatever the fuck these two have got going on”
love & friendship - collected writings from side wounds and other poems
i like the concept of soulmates—not a “you’re destined to meet me, and love me” kind of soulmate, but a “i’d pick you, every time.” kind of soulmate. a “no matter what happens, and what has happened, i want to go through it with you.” kind of soulmate. a “i love you by choice, and you’re a blessing, and i’m going to continue thinking about you this way not because i have to but because i want to.” kind of soulmate. a “you help me rest easy when everything is difficult” kind of soulmate. a “in every possible outcome, i want you there, to share it with me.” kind of soulmate.
A trope that gets to me: 'guard dog' character and their partner who are both fully aware of it and honestly don't care/kind of like it. Someone says "call your guard dog off" and their partner does call them off. That person, their 'guard dog', is someone who is unreservedly, irrefutably loyal to them. Someone undoubtedly dangerous who is willing to kill, to maim, to obey, simply because of their love for one another. There's no manipulation involved— it is loyalty, brutal, dogged loyalty. And it goes both ways.
I've Endured, Now What?
Blue Iris - Mary Oliver / So This Is All I Will Ever Be? - Fatima Aamer Bilal / Vive, Vive - Traci Brimhall
Wishing all of you a tender forehead kiss from a strong but intimacy-starved man who is scared of the feelings you are awakening in him but is already in too deep to know how to stop.
Gallant, V. E. Schwab
love a character that's like. i survived (<- not a brag) (<- this is a curse that weighs on me every waking hour)