⠀⠀⠀i never said i'd get any * 𝙤𝙣 me. ꩜ * —— you fellas can take the splash damage. i like to work from afar.
⠀⠀ i think red looks better on white anyway.
⠀⠀⠀hm .. yeah. it'll be fine. you do your thingˎ and it'll guarantee they don't see * 𝘮𝘦.
⠀⠀⠀oh ——— and save some of the bloodshed for meˎ please. can't let you have all the fun.
⎛ a drawn outˎ shaken sigh. she tucks a strand of hair behind her earˎ trying to steady herself. ◞
⠀⠀⠀i. don't. care. i'll recover. —— at least you'll have known * someone wanted to be there for you.
⠀⠀⠀〞 when have i ever turned away from danger ?̲ when have i ever cared ?̲ i * 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵ˎ bruceˎ and i would stare it in the face for you because 𝘪 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 〞
⠀⠀⠀〞 we don't need you to be a hero 𝘢𝘭𝘭 the time ——— we just need * 𝙮𝙤𝙪 . . 𝘢𝘭𝘭 of you. 〞
⎛ a sniffleˎ blinking away sudden tears ; he may not cry . . but * she will. ◞
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me to be .... i can't always be a * HERO . what if ... i ──── i can't let you in . it's too dangerous for the both of us .
( he's shaking , looking down . )
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⠀⠀⠀i understand. it's not the sameˎ i know. —— but i've seen how evil this place can be. the kind of people it creates.
⠀⠀⠀just don't want you to burn outˎ cyke . . you take on a lot.
⠀⠀⠀mm. it'll take a toll on youˎ you know. all the watchingˎ the 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨. —— makes me feel crazy sometimes.
⠀⠀⠀i hope someday we can feel safe enough to * breathe.
⎛ her tone raises beyond his ownˎ voice breaking in desperation. ◞
⠀⠀⠀i —— i didn't know ! i . . i would have been there for you ; i want to beˎ but you won't stop * 𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 me away !
⎛ her expression morphs ; half shockˎ half sadness. she stops him before he can continue. ◞
⠀⠀⠀. . bruceˎ 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦. no more of this —— you . . you're not a * 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 !
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https://t.co/gowseWSVYL if i haven't followed you back or missed an interaction ,, you are more than welcome to bump me ! i just have to be cautious of the ever so generous rate limit & shadow ban ..
⠀⠀⠀. . . i know. if i could take all of the pain from youˎ i would do it. in a 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵. —— stop apologizingˎ brucey . . i'm not upset with you.
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i have to be * 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅 on myself , it's how i was raised .... i'm sorry ....
i know i should to be better than i am .... but everytime there's an incident ...
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