𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐒 𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐊𝐄𝐄𝐍.

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spy⠀;⠀masterful illusionist⠀;⠀father⠀;⠀𝐝̵𝐞̵𝐚̵𝐝̵.⠀⠀❛⠀what if your impression of me is wrong⠀𖤠⠀❜⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀

[𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐒 𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐊𝐄𝐄𝐍. @CONVINCESSELF]

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀
⠀weren't you⠀𖤠⠀
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀

[Aɴɴᴀ Cʀᴏғᴛ @ASpyOnAString]

Weren’t you dead? @CONVINCESSELF

[𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐒 𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐊𝐄𝐄𝐍. @CONVINCESSELF]

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀
the spy would murmur under his breath⠀:⠀⠀⠀〝⠀𝘢𝘸，⠀𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘵.⠀〞reaches out to grab the child，⠀rocking him gently.⠀⠀⠀〝⠀who the hell do you belong to，⠀kid⠀𖤠⠀〞
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@CONVINCESSELF

[𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐒 𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐊𝐄𝐄𝐍. @CONVINCESSELF]

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀
who's baby is this 𖤠 where's it's parent's𖤠 it kind of pulls at one's heartstrings doesn't it. it makes him think of his own child. look of forlorn draws along his visage，⠀but only briefly.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀
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[𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐒 𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐊𝐄𝐄𝐍. @CONVINCESSELF]

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀〝⠀perhaps.
⠀⠀⠀what happened in
⠀⠀⠀my past has shaped
⠀⠀⠀me into the man
⠀⠀⠀i am now.⠀〞
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀

[𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐒 𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐊𝐄𝐄𝐍. @CONVINCESSELF]

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀
⠀⠀⠀─⠀⠀anything you don't want. this is already too much for you，⠀as it would be for anyone.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀
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[𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐒 𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐊𝐄𝐄𝐍. @CONVINCESSELF]

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀
you 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 have to ask me⠀﹠.⠀despite the dangers，⠀i 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 get to know you. if you'd allow it.

𝙉𝙊.

hate is such a strong word. dislike perhaps，⠀but⠀⠀⠀─⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀

[Bast. @ALifeSacrificed]

I couldn’t ask you to do that.
You don’t know me, but I know you. My soul knows you. And to have you ripped from me again… I’m not strong enough.

I’m not her.

I am everything you both hated.

[𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐒 𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐊𝐄𝐄𝐍. @CONVINCESSELF]

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀
⠀⠀⠀─⠀⠀hate.

reddington.

i 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘰𝘯.

i 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 will. i hate him for what he did to masha⠀;⠀for what he did to us.

i won't force you to do⠀⠀⠀─⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀

[𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐒 𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐊𝐄𝐄𝐍. @CONVINCESSELF]

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀〝⠀no，⠀i'm
⠀⠀⠀not as heartless as
⠀⠀⠀i pretend to be. it's
⠀⠀⠀a habit. simply a side
⠀⠀⠀effect of growing up
⠀⠀⠀the way i did.⠀〞
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀

[𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐒 𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐊𝐄𝐄𝐍. @CONVINCESSELF]

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀
⠀⠀⠀─⠀⠀down a path our child or those from masha's past could not follow⠀𖤠⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀
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[𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐒 𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐊𝐄𝐄𝐍. @CONVINCESSELF]

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀
𝑖 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝘩𝑒𝑟⠀───⠀i could learn to love you，⠀too. ﹙𝑎𝑠 𝑖𝑓 𝘩𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑛'𝑡﹚，but again. 𝚙𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚘𝚖 𝚕𝚒𝚖𝚋. an echo of the past. love always wins in⠀⠀⠀─⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀

[Bast. @ALifeSacrificed]

I want you. I love you. I can’t will it out of me. Red thought -she- would be the one weakness that can’t be willed out of me. But you..

[𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐒 𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐊𝐄𝐄𝐍. @CONVINCESSELF]

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀
⠀⠀⠀─⠀⠀the end. doesn't it⠀𖤠

my 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡. simple as that. they all thought what i wanted them to think. why would red or anyone else take me into consideration when going⠀⠀⠀─⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀

[𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐒 𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐊𝐄𝐄𝐍. @CONVINCESSELF]

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀
a 𝚙𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚘𝚖 𝚕���𝚖𝚋. ghost of it remembers，⠀but in the end，⠀we're just 𝒆��𝒉𝒐'𝒔⠀───⠀𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘰⠀;⠀a revenant that 𝙮𝙤𝙪 wish to cling to. you decide. masha can't decide for you. neither can i.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀

[Bast. @ALifeSacrificed]

Were you ever mine? @CONVINCESSELF

[𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐒 𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐊𝐄𝐄𝐍. @CONVINCESSELF]

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀
𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵 of his name whispered in 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔⠀;⠀𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. lingering there，⠀but briefly. a response should be uttered，⠀but 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦. a still heart. a lingering smile.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀

[Bast. @ALifeSacrificed]

Tom…

[𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐒 𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐊𝐄𝐄𝐍. @CONVINCESSELF]

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀
⠀⠀⠀─⠀⠀shadows. to work in the shadows. it wasn't easy. never easy. i meant to come back earlier for her. for agnes. i was too late. 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 too late.⠀〞
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀

[𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐒 𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐊𝐄𝐄𝐍. @CONVINCESSELF]

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀
his hood now shrouded visage，⠀but it had already been 𝒕𝒐𝒐 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆. the 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞.

this man⠀───⠀this 𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵 of elizabeth⠀;⠀𝘩͟𝘪͟𝘴͟⠀⠀⠀─⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀

[Bast. @ALifeSacrificed]

@CONVINCESSELF ~ know now how he is even here, how is even alive. All he wanted was to be with him, before the dam breaks, before whatever little grasp he has on his sanity slips.

“Is this a dream? Are you really here, or am I seeing things? They told me you died.”

[𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐒 𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐊𝐄𝐄𝐍. @CONVINCESSELF]

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀
⠀⠀⠀─⠀⠀𝐡𝐞𝐫⠀───⠀𝘺̵𝘰̵𝘶̵. them，⠀what i wanted them to say. for awhile，⠀𝐭̵𝐨̵𝐦̵ 𝐤̵𝐞̵𝐞̵𝐧̵ was dead. nothing but a ghost. another alias. persona i shed to hide in the⠀⠀⠀─⠀⠀⠀
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