… There’s a sigh from underneath the coat. Slowly tugging it off and dropping it to the floor. “How about—“ He’s suddenly right next to her, as if he materialized from thin air, “You let 𝒎𝒆 worry about my work.” Fingers brush under her chin, tipping her head back.

And you lifted your head and smiled. And I know people aren’t stars, god I know. But fuck science, fuck logic. You are the brightest goddamn sun I have ever seen.

Hold on tight to your pretty little heart; you're gonna bring the worst out of me tonight.

go back. you have to believe me. i'll be fine. i'll always be by your side, forever.

when i looked at her i wanted both to touch her and watch her from a distance, to hold her and hide from her, to kiss her and ask her to forgive me—

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 𝖇𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗆𝗒 𝗌𝗈𝗎𝗅 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝙗𝙪𝙧𝙣 𝗆𝗒 𝗇͟𝖺͟𝗆͟𝖾 ; 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗏𝗂𝗅𝗅𝖺𝗂𝗇 𝗂 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝖺𝗄𝖾𝗇 𝗁 𝗈 𝗅 𝖽 .

⠀ *⠀𝐢.⠀⠀𝗂'𝗏𝖾⠀ 𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗇⠀𝖈𝐨𝐥𝐝⠀ 𝗂'𝗏𝖾⠀ 𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝖒𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 ;⠀𝖇𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝⠀𝗈𝗇⠀𝗆𝗒⠀𝖍𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝗌𝖼𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗌⠀𝗆𝖾⠀𝗍𝗈⠀ 𝖉𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡⠀ 𝗆𝖺𝗒𝖻𝖾 𝗂'𝗆 𝖜𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠⠀𝗎𝗉⠀ 𝗍𝗈𝖽𝖺𝗒 . ⠀

⠀ ࿐ྂ 𝗂 𝖑𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖘𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝗈𝖿 𝖌𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝗂 𝖑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖒𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝗍𝗈 𝖙𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖍𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝗂'𝗏𝖾 𝖆𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝖕𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖋𝐢𝐫𝐞 . ⠀

⠀ *⠀𝐢. 𝖺𝗌⠀𝗂⠀𝖻𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖾 , 𝗁𝖾⠀𝖻𝗎𝗋𝗇𝗌 𝗆𝗒 𝖑𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾⠀ 𝖿͟𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 ⠀𝖺𝗇𝖽⠀ 𝖿𝗂𝗅𝗅𝗌 𝗆𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖺𝗇 ⠀𝖾𝗍͟𝖾𝗋𝗇𝖺𝗅⠀ 𝗀𝗎𝗂𝗅𝗍𝗒⠀ 𝖉𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞 . ⠀

⠀ ღ.⠀ 𝖘𝐡𝐞 𝗌𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖉𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗐𝖺𝗒 ; 𝖘𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝖜𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝖺𝗍 𝖓𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺 𝖘𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝖻𝗒 𝖉𝐚𝐲 — 𝗂𝗍'𝗌 𝖙𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧 . ⠀

⠀ ꨄ︎. 𝗂'𝗆 𝖺𝗇 𝖆𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖺 𝖘𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐠𝐮𝐧 ; 𝖋𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝗍𝗂𝗅 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖜𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝗐𝗈𝗇 𝗂 𝖽𝗈𝗇'𝗍 𝖼𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗂𝖿 𝖍𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝗐𝗈𝗇'𝗍 𝗍𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗆𝖾 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 ⠀

ᅠᅠᅠ 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 . . . 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝖘𝖙𝖆𝖗𝖘 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈﹖ 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝖒𝖔𝖗𝖙𝖆𝖑𝖘. 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝒓𝒖𝒍𝒆 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝖋𝖑𝖆𝖒𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐭. ᅠᅠᅠ

⠀ 𖤐. 𝗌𝗈 𝖈𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝗂𝗍'𝗌 𝖺𝗅𝖺𝗋𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂'𝗆 𝖍𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝖊𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗂 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐 ; 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝖺𝗌𝗌𝖾𝗌 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖺𝗌𝗁𝖾𝗌 𝗂 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝖕𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 & 𝗂𝗍 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗐𝗌 . ⠀