i am a demanding creature. i am selfish and cruel and extremely unreasonable. but i am your servant. when you starve i will feed you; when you are sick i will tend you. i crawl at your feet. for you alone i will be weak.
i want to feed you my body with every sweet part and every bitter one. then i will become sweet again, to eat your body whole, until there is nothing of me left..
to have spent my life holding my hands in tightly hidden fists. to try to understand what it would mean, now, to hold them open. i have always felt ashamed at being witnessed in the act of wanting something i could not have.
he doesn’t care whether he gets hurt but he can’t abide others getting hurt for his sake. he tries to isolate himself by pushing everyone away .. — i see. when he says 'free' .. does he mean 'alone'?
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[Andi has found peace in the quieter moments. They're not sure exactly /when/ the excitement for Addie's company turned and twisted into a deep dread, but it feels like a dream, now. The excitement, the happiness, the comfort—All turned to dread,