ＳＬＥＥＰＷＡＬＫＥＲ．

[ＳＬＥＥＰＷＡＬＫＥＲ． @ForgedInAgony]

“𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞, 𝐬𝐨 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐄𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐄.”

𝐀𝐋𝐘𝐒𝐒𝐀 𝐍𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐅𝐀𝐋𝐋.

[ＳＬＥＥＰＷＡＬＫＥＲ． @ForgedInAgony]

Damn straight!

[𝑨𝒑𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑨𝒓𝒆𝒊𝒂 @ameriicanaheart]

I was more making a joke about dad, but ya know what? You're right.

[ＳＬＥＥＰＷＡＬＫＥＲ． @ForgedInAgony]

He’d be PISSED.

[𝑨𝒑𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑨𝒓𝒆𝒊𝒂 @ameriicanaheart]

First Angle to reach five stars.

[ＳＬＥＥＰＷＡＬＫＥＲ． @ForgedInAgony]

We’ll have a match for the ages.

[𝑨𝒑𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑨𝒓𝒆𝒊𝒂 @ameriicanaheart]

Forbidden Door?

[ＳＬＥＥＰＷＡＬＫＥＲ． @ForgedInAgony]

We will, i swear.

[𝑨𝒑𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑨𝒓𝒆𝒊𝒂 @ameriicanaheart]

One step away from facing you in those finals, @ForgedInAgony. Just promise we'll be okay in the end.

[ＳＬＥＥＰＷＡＬＫＥＲ． @ForgedInAgony]

USED to! Key words!

You don’t get things have changed. Are the Bucks saints? No, hell no. Neither am i.

We all have our skeletons and we’re trying to be better. You? You made it personal.

[The North Remembers @HeartlandsHero]

Aly, this isn't personal. This is just business. Haven't the Bucks done the same thing? Nolee will come around. She'll remember the way we all used to work.

[ＳＬＥＥＰＷＡＬＫＥＲ． @ForgedInAgony]

You.

You tore my fucking house apart, my boys are at odds because of you. Nolee’s trust in Ethan is ruined because of you.

[The North Remembers @HeartlandsHero]

Who are you pissed at, Aly?

[ＳＬＥＥＰＷＡＬＫＥＲ． @ForgedInAgony]

Fuck off.

[ＳＬＥＥＰＷＡＬＫＥＲ． @ForgedInAgony]

No, he didn’t.

[La Reina de Azteca Underground @faustsbargaiin]

Did Maddox feed that insult to you?

[ＳＬＥＥＰＷＡＬＫＥＲ． @ForgedInAgony]

They’re pathetic worms who deserve the worst.

[La Reina de Azteca Underground @faustsbargaiin]

None of my partners are cowards. Not a single one.

[ＳＬＥＥＰＷＡＬＫＥＲ． @ForgedInAgony]

It’s cowardice.

But that’s fine.

[La Reina de Azteca Underground @faustsbargaiin]

I am the voice of Cassidy, Kris, and Nova. Their will be done. It is no different than any other manager making the announcement.

[ＳＬＥＥＰＷＡＬＫＥＲ． @ForgedInAgony]

Imagine being a World Champion and not even bothering to announce a hiatus yourself due to losing to someone you underestimated.

[ＳＬＥＥＰＷＡＬＫＥＲ． @ForgedInAgony]

They won’t, i know they won’t.

[𝑨𝒑𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑨𝒓𝒆𝒊𝒂 @ameriicanaheart]

....they left once. With everything going on, Aly, I...I'm not strong enough to see either of them walk away again.

[ＳＬＥＥＰＷＡＬＫＥＲ． @ForgedInAgony]

You’re worried. Worried they may not be happy here.

[𝑨𝒑𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑨𝒓𝒆𝒊𝒂 @ameriicanaheart]

They've been distant, lately. Both of them. And...and I...

[ＳＬＥＥＰＷＡＬＫＥＲ． @ForgedInAgony]

It’s bothering you, it matters.

[𝑨𝒑𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑨𝒓𝒆𝒊𝒂 @ameriicanaheart]

Everything is just...tense lately. Like I said, I'm just in my head. It doesn't matter, Aly.

[ＳＬＥＥＰＷＡＬＫＥＲ． @ForgedInAgony]

Baby, talk to me.

What’s on your mind?

[𝑨𝒑𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑨𝒓𝒆𝒊𝒂 @ameriicanaheart]

...like I said. Lyrics just hitting harder than they should.

[ＳＬＥＥＰＷＡＬＫＥＲ． @ForgedInAgony]

Of course they are, sunflower.

Why wouldn’t they be?

[𝑨𝒑𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑨𝒓𝒆𝒊𝒂 @ameriicanaheart]

...do you think the boys are happy?

[ＳＬＥＥＰＷＡＬＫＥＲ． @ForgedInAgony]

Which ones?

[𝑨𝒑𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑨𝒓𝒆𝒊𝒂 @ameriicanaheart]

Laying in bed and letting the song lyrics hit top hard today...

[ＳＬＥＥＰＷＡＬＫＥＲ． @ForgedInAgony]

[She held her close, rubbing her back.]

Let’s do this together, yeah?

[𝑨𝒑𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑨𝒓𝒆𝒊𝒂 @ameriicanaheart]

there was you. You brought a light back to me that I was certain was snuffed out.

So no matter what happens in this tournament, no matter if our finals are against each other, we give the crowd an instant classic.

No matter who makes it to London, we stop her.

[ＳＬＥＥＰＷＡＬＫＥＲ． @ForgedInAgony]

I’ll be okay. You changed my life, my career.

I’ll never be able to repay you for that.

[ＳＬＥＥＰＷＡＬＫＥＲ． @ForgedInAgony]

If we had this match, if i had won.

But…it’s inevitable. We both want the same thing, need it. But….there’s no malice between us. It’s healthy competition.

I can’t predict the future. I can’t see what happens at London. Which of us it is.

But as long as it’s one of us?

[𝑨𝒑𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑨𝒓𝒆𝒊𝒂 @ameriicanaheart]

Why were you worried?