Maybe in another universe.

I like the way people borrow little habits from the ones they spend a lot of time around. Words and how to say them, gestures and expressions and quirks. I like that we are a collage of everyone we love.

Sometimes cruelty is not in the tragedy of the story, in the unhappy ending; sometimes it’s not getting the chance to have one at all.
Ask, then: Were they lovers?
And oh, it’s worse — they never got to be.

Not reading or writing but a secret third thing: making up headcanons about characters and letting them play out like movies in your head.

Say: ‘It’s not like that.’
Say: ‘I don’t care.’
Say whatever you want but don’t forget: your mouth may be a liar but your body is a traitor and it will always give your heart away.

This is what it means to fall: I would push past every one of my lines to get to you but I would never cross yours unless you invite me to.

If I were a little braver I’d tell you I’m quiet because I’m learning you like a language I want to be fluent in. If I were a little braver I’d tell you I keep still because I’m fighting the urge to lean in and kiss you. If I were a little braver I’d kiss you.

⭐lil reminders 🍓 #digitalart #illustration

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To love is to notice; the way you scrunch your nose, how you frown when you focus and bounce your knee.
To love is to remember; how you take your coffee (you don’t, you prefer tea).
To love is to decide; to choose to stay and to say yes to another day by your side.

I used to be plagued by questions I don’t know the answer to, haunted by what ifs and what would haves and futures I could and won’t visit — but I can’t know what I don’t know and I choose to let go of it all and just be. There’s a breeze in the air. I’ve made it another year.