❝ why did you think i wouldn’t love you back? ❞ Timmy :)
she's bewildered. no one in their right mind should find it in themselves to love her, or so she thinks. in her head, there is no reason to be in love with her. she is the ghost of ambition, the cry of despair. she is the haunted remains of what the world could have been. the walls have closed in on her -- she was not meant to be here, in a position to love, or to be loved. yet still, he loves her.
a swallow rolls down her throat like a stone. she expected heartbreak. she expected antipathy, deep-rooted aversion -- she doesn't know why. timmy isn't like that, but she feels that he also shouldn't be like this, either. " b-because ... " she can hardly muster an answer, voice quaking unsteadily. she desperately wants to be loved back. but more than anything, she wants him to be in a love that he can thrive in. there isn't much left she has to offer.
" because ... there's so much more out there than just me. i'm ... me, you know? "
