[bethanydelleman]

I just realized that the great thing about friends to lovers is that you can end the story with a wedding and yet you know exactly how they'll be married because it will be the same as before, just with sex.

Best friends with added benefits

[bethanydelleman]

I think I had trouble grasping the appeal of friends to lovers until I realized that it's so easy to imagine their married life. I find it hard to imagine Elizabeth & Darcy, they are so different and we don't really see them interact amicably in the novel (except for the proposal and post-proposal confessions). How does a dinner look without them being at odds?

But Emma & Knightley? We know exactly what an evening would look like. We know how they can unite to keep conversation civil with their family. We know how it sounds when they mutually complain about someone (Frank Churchill and Mrs. Elton). We know some things that they both enjoy. It's so easy to imagine.

[imissyousoundly]

in your world, a humoral response is the immunal reaction of fluids in the body.

in my world, a humoral response is my use of sarcasm as a coping mechanism.

[imissyousoundly]

Handle me gently

For I am unlovely

[imissyousoundly]

as you spin the wheel of time

it rotates back to where you left yourself behind

[imissyousoundly]

Letter to myself 02132024

I hope you find a love you never have to question

I hope you find a heart that never is austere

I hope you find the assurance that you are not unlovely

I hope with all my chest you relinquish all your fear.

I hope you choose to hold fast to the truth you have always known

I hope that you come back around to what you used to dream.

I hope that that gentle peace returns, but in a warmer tone

I hope you aren't left high and dry, nor plunged in deep despair.