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He turns to her, almost looking excited to go on an adventure with her where they weren’t at one another’s throats.

“ 𝖨 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝖫𝖺𝗎𝗇𝖼𝗁𝗉𝖺𝖽 𝗍𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗎𝗌 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾, 𝖺𝗌 𝗅𝗈𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗌 𝗒𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝗇’𝗍 𝗆𝗂𝗇𝖽 𝖼𝗋𝖺𝗌𝗁 𝗅𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗌! ”
April 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM

Some of them were painted by men in Dawson back in 1897… in her dance hall days! How did he get his hands on these? Did he track them down?

“ …𝗅𝖾𝗍’𝗌 𝗌𝖾𝖾… 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝖢𝗈𝗌𝗍𝖺 𝖱𝗂𝖼𝖺 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝗂𝗇’ 𝖿𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖫𝗎𝗉𝖾𝗋𝖺… 𝗁𝖾𝗁… 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝖾𝗌 𝗌𝖾𝗇𝗌𝖾… ”
April 5, 2025 at 4:35 AM

—when most of his interactions with her have been that of a co-adventurer or rival.
April 2, 2025 at 3:34 AM

—she was impatient. He wouldn’t be… though, surely there was a place they had never been here on Earth’s surface.
March 31, 2025 at 4:11 AM

“ 𝖲𝗈… 𝗈𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗐𝖾 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝖻𝗈𝗋𝖾𝖽, 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝖻𝖺𝖻𝗅𝗒 𝗂𝗇 𝖺𝗇 𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗈𝗋 𝗌𝗈, 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗍’ 𝗀𝗈? 𝖨𝗍’𝗌 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟧, 𝖬𝖺𝗋𝗌 𝗂𝗌 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝖺𝗀𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗌𝖾 𝖽𝖺𝗒𝗌. 𝖶𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖽’ 𝗒𝖺 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗄? 𝖴𝗇𝗅𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗄 𝗈𝖿 𝖺 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝖼𝖾 𝗈𝗇 𝖤𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗁 𝗐𝖾 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗁𝗈𝗐 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗇’𝗍 𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝗒𝖾𝗍. ”

He wasn’t so worried about space travel anymore. Della only got stuck because—

March 31, 2025 at 4:11 AM

—pining for one another… maybe they were the biggest fools in history. But the Mansion would feel far less lonely with her there. She was the one thing always missing in his life. He had known ever since they were frozen together in that cave…
March 29, 2025 at 9:28 AM

“ 𝖨𝖿 𝖨’𝗆 𝗀𝗈𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾 𝖺 𝖿𝗈𝗈𝗅, 𝖨’𝖽 𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖻𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖿𝗈𝗈𝗅… ” he admits, forgetting anybody else was in the room other than her.

The patrons let out a simultaneous, quiet “aww”.
March 29, 2025 at 3:30 AM

“ 𝖨 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝖻𝖺𝖻𝗅𝗒 𝗅𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝗆𝗒 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌 𝗈𝗇 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝖸𝗎𝗄𝗈𝗇 𝖽𝗎𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗆𝗒 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝖣𝖺𝗐𝗌𝗈𝗇. 𝖠𝗇’ 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗈𝖿 𝗂𝗍…

…𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵. ”
March 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM

—“manned up” and marched down to her parlor to tell her himself. Was he really so afraid of being hurt emotionally?
March 27, 2025 at 9:44 PM

“ 𝖶𝖾𝗅𝗅… 𝖨-𝖨 𝗌𝗎𝗉𝗉𝗈𝗌𝖾 𝖨 𝗇𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎… 𝗁𝗈𝗐 𝖨 𝖿𝖾𝗅𝗍 𝖾𝗂𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋… 𝗌𝗈 𝗂𝗍’𝗌 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝖿𝖺𝗂𝗋 𝗍𝖺 𝗉𝗂𝗇 𝗂𝗍 𝗈𝗇 𝗒𝗈𝗎… ” he mumbles. What a perfect fool he had been, sitting in his castle in the 40s pining for a woman he had left behind. If he wanted to be with her so bad, the letter be damned; he should have just—

March 27, 2025 at 9:44 PM

“ 𝖦𝗈𝗅𝖽𝗂𝖾… 𝖨 𝖽𝗂𝖽𝗇’𝗍 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝗂𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍… 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗒𝗂𝗇’ 𝗍𝗋𝗂𝖼𝗄𝗌 𝖺𝗇’ 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄𝗌𝗍𝖺𝖻𝖻𝗂𝗇’ 𝗆𝖾, 𝖨 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖽𝗂𝖽𝗇’𝗍— ”

He cut himself off with frustration. If he had just read the darned letter… would his life have looked different?
March 27, 2025 at 9:15 PM