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when isaac spoke, lydia paused before she looked up at him. his question caught her off guard. honestly…she didn’t have an answer. or well, she did but it wasn’t a good one. “….i care about all of you equally. i don’t care that there’s others. i want to make sure that you’re all doing well.” she said. not totally the truth, and not totally a lie. a decent middle ground. in truth, lydia didn’t really know why she was so intensely attached to isaac 1.0 but she was. something about him….she couldn’t let it go. “and you’re not dying. you’re just in need of a tune up okay? and we’ll do just that. tune you up. make you better than ever. it’s going to be just fine, just you wait.” she said, moving over to open up the panel that was settled on his shoulder blade before she started poking and proding around in there. “these wires are ancient. we need to get you some of the good copper conductor ones. it’s gonna be just fine.”
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just some new copper conductor wires.  it felt hopeless to try and reason with her, he knew she’d always  try  to fix him. no matter how many wires needed replacement or memory cards needed to be added, she’d just keep working and working on him and hehe would never be good enough.  “  humans are particularly sensitive to the sunk cost fallacy, nois that all i am? ”  as she opened up the panel in his shoulder, he glanced back to look at her face react to him.  “  the fallacy only really makes logical sense when there is an end point, when you’ve finished with the product.  i don’t think i’ll ever be  complete.”  he didn’t want to kill her spirit or drive, but he was meant to find optimization and continually investing in a product that should just be  replaced  is not optimization.

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             she  would  like  to  say  that  she  wants  to     give     him     a     good     answer              ,      but      she      doesn’t      WANT      much      of      anything      anymore      ,      as      much      as      she      wants      to      want      .      doe      eyes      glance      up      to      look      at      isaac      ,      a      face      she      recognizes      ,      a      face      she      knows      to      love      ,      but      doesn’t      feel      .
                 head      shakes      ,      lips      press      together      and      she      glances      down      at      the      hands      that      rest      on      her      lap      ,      fingers      playing      with      each      other      absentmindedly      .     “      it      feels      like      .  .  .      it      feels      like      i’m      trapped      inside      myself      .      like      i’m      in      this      dark      ,      dusty      room      and      i’m      just      .  .  .      laying      there      ,      on      the      floor      ,      but      i      don’t      really      exist      .      i’m      just      there      .     “      she      looks      over      at      him      again      ,      shrugging      her      shoulders      .     “      she’s      gone      ,      isaac      .      she’s      dead      ,      buried      somewhere      in      here      .     “      she      rests      a      hand      atop      her      own       chest      .
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          she’s  dead.  it was something he thought he faced before, when allison was stabbed he   INSTANTLY  felt that  tug  against his heart.  the complete   s h a t t e r i n g  of everything he loved.  but then,  she was  fine,  he had her back and they’d be okay.  how many times can you  mourn  the same personhow many times would he have to mourn  her?  taking a deep breathe he fought back against his watering eyes.  he needed to be calm, for her - whoever she was.  “  i felt you    her,  die that day.    and i never felt her come back.   if she’s gone, we can let her go.  and you can figure out who  you  want to be. ”  it was a strange situation, one he could only relate to based off his limited experiences with losing yourself.  but he knew if  she  didn’t want to fight for it, then there was no sense in fighting at all.

              “  i just want you to be   happy,   whatever that looks like - even if it means i’m not around anymore. ”  was he holding her backwas  he  the problem keeping her from succeeding?  

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           a  frown  forms  on  allison’s  features  at  lydia’s  words     ,      as      if      what      she’d      said      was      almost      insulting      .     “      i      would      rather      be      sitting      inside      on      the      floor      with      the      two      of      you      .     “      which      brings      on      a      feeling      she’s      been      doing      her      best      to      entirely      ignore      ,      but      she’d      be      lying      if      she      said      it      doesn’t      make      her      nervous      now      —      and      even      a      little      guilty      .      eyes      wander      to         her      boyfriend      ,      lingering      for      a      moment      before      they      find      lydia      once      more      ,      and      then      her      own      lap      .     “      actually      .      .      .      i      kinda      have      a      confession      to      make      .     “
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❝ yeah, okay isaac.❞ lydia said, shaking her head as she took another deep swig of her drink. she knew they were just trying to make her feel better, but honestly what couple wanted to have a hanger on during their date night? in reality, she knew that allison would try to reassure her as her best friend that it was all okay but….. lydia couldn’t help but feel like a burden. she could see the way isaac was holding ally, and the way that ally looked back at her boyfriend….and well, the redhead felt like maybe she should just excuse herself to her bedroom now. then ally spoke again. ❝ ….a confession? what kind of confession?❞ she asked, head tilted to the side a bit as she sipped her drink again, realizing it was almost empty then. ❝look, i can just go to my room and pop the tv on with my headphones in. really it’s not a big deal. you can still save your date night.❞
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         sensing   lydia’s   sarcasm   at   his   attempt   at   reassurance,   he   just   shakes   his head and let’s   out   a   light   sigh  in  response.  mouth   slightly   agape,  as   allison   speaks,   his   eyes   dart   between   the   two   girls.   while   he   wasn’t    100%    sure     of   allison’s    confession    he   was   CERTAINLY    intrigued  in    whatever   she   had   to  say.   “  i   really  hope   this   is   a    good    kind   of   confession      ”  he’s not going to overthink it, he’s  not!

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‘‘My mom is the one who suggested it growing up. I was very good at it and I learned all her recipes fast. It just kind of came naturally to me and if i was good at it, then she had a point. What about you? Did you always want to be making coffee for people or is this just a thing of the moment?.’’
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“ I’ve eaten enough of your end of the day leftovers to agree that you’re  very  good at it. But my      my dad wasn’t really a big latte guy, more coffee black type so I don’t have any lineage tying me to foam. More of a - I  might as well  kind of thing.      Wait, so is this book filled with your mom’s recipes too?”

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@claustrophobicwerewolf​  sent  😘 to kiss my muse.
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           𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧  𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭  𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧  𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫  𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠  around  as  she  enters  the  room  ,  heading  straight  towards  isaac  ,  hands  finding  his  shoulders  with  a  little  hop  so  that  she  can  wrap  her  legs  around  his  waist.  one  hand  finds  the  side  of  his  face  ,  thumb  𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠  his  chin  as  she  leans  in  to  kiss  him.   she  lets  it  𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑  ,  tip  of  her  tongue  parting  his  lips  to  deepen  the  kiss  and  it’s  only  when  she  breaks  the  kiss  for  air  that  she  speaks.     “   you’re  the  𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞  𝐨𝐟  𝐦𝐲  𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞  ,  isaac  lahey .    you  know  that  right  ??  “

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Claire answers the door with a smile on her face, always happy when Isaac shows up. Her parents are always working and it can get lonely being at home by herself at night. Though she has a sneaking suspicion that even if he likes to spend time with her, it’s his home life that he’s running away from and not her he’s running to. “You did great at practice today.” She hangs on the door a little before stepping back to let him come inside. “Big game Friday. You think the team is ready?”  
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Standing at her porch, he smiled back as she complimented him, but was quick to downplay his actions.  “ Thanks but my pocket was bagged out half the game so I was throwing too high the whole time...if I play like that during the game Greenberg’s gonna make me do laps for eternity. The rest of the team should do well though. ”  To be honest, he wouldn’t mind if Greenberg made him do laps, it’d give him an excuse to be out later but, he had no idea what that would mean back home.  “ But,  you should come - if Coach does yell at me you can make fun of the vein that pops in his neck. ”

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     cora raises a brow at isaac, only taking a moment before leaning in closer. “i would love for you to accompany me to the garden. it always relaxes me before having to make a public appearance.” straightening up, she steps through the door and starts down the hallway. “maybe you could tell me which princes to avoid unless that list would be far too long.” she has little hope that this group of men are, at the very, least able to hold her attention. 
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      following behind her, he keeps his hands firm behind his back to keep up the appearance that he is very dedicated to his job.  “  coming from someone who wishes you happiness     i’d say avoid  all of them,  but there’s a prince from finland, the house of hesse, that doesn’t seem  too  terrible. ”  unfortunately for cora, all princes seemed to have this same air of entitlement and sleaziness that makes you want to punch them before they even say a word.
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          @codeworn​    “ frankly speaking, i wanna give up. ” (u know the verse uwu)
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              give up?  the weight of the words hang heavy, heartbeat begins to accelerate as his mind goes into overdrive. give up on herselfgive up on himgive up on       ERROR: 404 - WHAT THE FUCK.  his voice low and soft, eyes locked onto her, isaac tries his best to  seem  calm despite the internal breakdown.  “  what do you want to give up on

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