@flahneor Honestly? Yeah, it does… more than I’d probably like to admit. I think I’m just better at pretending it doesn’t than I am at actually dealing with it haha. And thank you… that genuinely means a lot, I’m glad the words managed to reach you somehow.
I carry this stupid ache for you like a hungry stray pleading at someone’s doorstep, like all creatures that love without really being good for anything else.
@flahneor Ah, it was—is—a little like knowing exactly where the knife is, yet still keeping my hand over the wound and carrying on with the day… I suppose…?