Apr 18, 2021
@collaredking said : you're not a monster.
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐂𝐀𝐑 𝐁𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐇 𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐊𝐄𝐑 𝐈𝐓𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐒. lou’s fingers curl in on themselves, resisting the urge to rip the silk away and scratch at the ropey skin there. he says she isn’t a monster, but it’s far too easy to say one thing and feel another. besides, what dorian thinks of her doesn’t change how lou feels; what she thinks every time she looks in the mirror; what she relives every time she remembers the tough scar along her throat.
𝐀 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐒𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐄 𝐓𝐔𝐆𝐒 𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐋𝐈𝐏𝐒 𝐔𝐏𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐃. so much easier to pretend. “ what makes you believe I think I am? the only monster I am, mon ami, is the one I become when I catch sight of some sweet rolls –– and speaking of, those must be ours now! ”