‘ 𝙀𝙇𝙇𝙄𝙀 𝙒𝙄𝙇𝙇𝙄𝘼𝙈𝙎.

[‘ 𝙀𝙇𝙇𝙄𝙀 𝙒𝙄𝙇𝙇𝙄𝘼𝙈𝙎. @stumblinaway]

// What stood out most was a repeated pattern: presenting herself as naïve or innocent while engaging in behavior that was deeply manipulative. It was also striking that everyone else was always framed as the problem, yet evidence to support her claims was never provided.

[‘ 𝙀𝙇𝙇𝙄𝙀 𝙒𝙄𝙇𝙇𝙄𝘼𝙈𝙎. @stumblinaway]

// I can confirm from firsthand experience that this behavior is real. I saw direct proof of lies, manipulation, and coordinated false narratives used to smear others from Ode. The impact was serious enough that it contributed to my decision to leave Twitter entirely.

[‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ 𝖈ᵒⁿ𝕢𝚞ᵉʳ𝚘𝕣‎ ‎ ‎ ✶‎ ‎ ‎ 𝓻𝒆𝙗𝒐𝙧𝒏. @coronatusfilius]

https://t.co/ZdUmw8l0Rc my experiences with @.norghostly/@.odeathful; a long and detailed thread. 🧵 (actively being updated)

[‘ 𝙀𝙇𝙇𝙄𝙀 𝙒𝙄𝙇𝙇𝙄𝘼𝙈𝙎. @stumblinaway]

» made her more aware of her own skin than she cared to admit. A breath stuttered in her chest.

“ 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦, “ she muttered, lifting a finger to trace a vague line in the sky. “ 𝘛𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 looks like a fucked-up giraffe. “

[‘ 𝙀𝙇𝙇𝙄𝙀 𝙒𝙄𝙇𝙇𝙄𝘼𝙈𝙎. @stumblinaway]

» All that wish-on-a-burnt-out-rock bullshit. She knew better by now; the universe sure as hell didn’t listen, no matter how quietly you begged it for kindness. Still. She was lying there anyway. Back pressed into the cool earth, blades of grass prickling her through her shirt, »

[‘ 𝙀𝙇𝙇𝙄𝙀 𝙒𝙄𝙇𝙇𝙄𝘼𝙈𝙎. @stumblinaway]

» the silence stretched so thin it might’ve snapped if either of them breathed too loud. Dina lay beside her, one arm tucked under her head, the other barely grazing Ellie’s. That almost-touch, that maddening, almost accidental nearness, »

[‘ 𝙀𝙇𝙇𝙄𝙀 𝙒𝙄𝙇𝙇𝙄𝘼𝙈𝙎. @stumblinaway]

⠀⠀⠀𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗟𝗬? 𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗘 𝗛𝗔𝗗 𝗡𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗚𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗔𝗧 𝗦𝗢𝗙𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦, but @SLOWLYLEARNlNG made the dark feel like a place worth resting in. It wasn’t like she believed in that kind of thing. Shooting stars. 𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘦. »

[‘ 𝙀𝙇𝙇𝙄𝙀 𝙒𝙄𝙇𝙇𝙄𝘼𝙈𝙎. @stumblinaway]

⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ❛͟❛
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 𝗛����𝗡𝗘𝗬⠀just⠀put⠀your
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ sweet⠀lips on my lips ,
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ we⠀ should⠀ just⠀𝓴𝒊𝒔𝒔
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒⠀ 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙⠀ 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒⠀ 𝑑𝑜 ﹗
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ━━━━━━━━━
⠀⠀⠀ ✩ @SLOWLYLEARNlNG ✩
⠀

[‘ 𝙀𝙇𝙇𝙄𝙀 𝙒𝙄𝙇𝙇𝙄𝘼𝙈𝙎. @stumblinaway]

@SLOWLYLEARNlNG » That tenderness was the kind of mercy Ellie didn’t know what to do with; it pried her open with quiet hands. It made the walls she’d reinforced with barbed wire and old grief bend, groan, and threaten collapse. “ I wanna survive with you. I just might need you to show me how. “

[‘ 𝙀𝙇𝙇𝙄𝙀 𝙒𝙄𝙇𝙇𝙄𝘼𝙈𝙎. @stumblinaway]

@SLOWLYLEARNlNG » stitch things up where they tore. ( Together. ) Her chest rose, but it was shallow and stunned—like her lungs had forgotten their function, like oxygen itself had betrayed her. The taste of her lingered on her mouth: soft and salt-sweet. »

[‘ 𝙀𝙇𝙇𝙄𝙀 𝙒𝙄𝙇𝙇𝙄𝘼𝙈𝙎. @stumblinaway]

@SLOWLYLEARNlNG » 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭, 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺. “ I didn’t want to—didn’t let myself—want anything more than surviving. But I do . . . want more. 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶. “

[‘ 𝙀𝙇𝙇𝙄𝙀 𝙒𝙄𝙇𝙇𝙄𝘼𝙈𝙎. @stumblinaway]

@SLOWLYLEARNlNG » to fall the moment she looked directly at what she wanted. “ I didn’t mean to make it feel like it came out of nowhere,” she whispered. “ It didn’t. It’s been here, with me. All this time. I just… “

Her thoughts raced too fast to catch, all crashing into each other: »

[‘ 𝙀𝙇𝙇𝙄𝙀 𝙒𝙄𝙇𝙇𝙄𝘼𝙈𝙎. @stumblinaway]

@SLOWLYLEARNlNG » before. ( Probably more beef jerky than baby, but 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭. ) She blinked, and blinked again, like she didn't quite believe it was real.

“ . . . I’m okay, “ she whispered, “ I’m just — taking it all in. I mean . . . 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘸? “

[‘ 𝙀𝙇𝙇𝙄𝙀 𝙒𝙄𝙇𝙇𝙄𝘼𝙈𝙎. @stumblinaway]

@SLOWLYLEARNlNG » Ellie scoffed softly, the sound barely more than a breath, and her thumb made another slow pass across Dina’s skin, over the soft web of a knuckle, the worn seam of memory there. Her eyes drifted then, tracing the faint stretch of fabric over Dina’s stomach, »