#gabruce

[brucewhite]

you'll never sink when you are with me: a merm mob playlist (@gabriella-marino)

Yes, there are times we live for somebody else

love and war in your twenties by jordy searcy

dead sea by the lumineers

banks by needtobreathe

tourniquet by zach bryan

bends by carly rae jepsen

orpheus by sara bareilles

rivers and roads by the head and the heart

transatlanticism by death cab for cutie

like a river runs by bleachers

graceland too by phoebe bridgers

Just a lil collection of music that has made me emo while writing gabruce's last things :') I love these two so much fr they have been through so much together it's like the way the world's cruelty brought them together and now it's splitting them apart again but they found love and friendship and kindness through it all and they were each other's family when they had none and ugh it's just all so beautiful MERM MOB FOREVER <3333

[brucewhite]

I wanna hold you close but never hold you back

Just like the banks to the river (Oh) And if you ever feel like you are not enough I'm gonna break all your mirrors (Oh) I wanna be there when the darkness closes in To make the truth a little clearer (Oh) I wanna hold you close but never hold you back I'll be the banks for your river

[brucewhite]

I headed West, I was a man on the move New York had lied to me, I needed the truth Oh, I need somebody, needed someone I could trust I don't gamble, but if I did I would bet on us

Like the Dead Sea You told me I was like the Dead Sea You'll never sink when you are with me Oh Lord, like the Dead Sea

[brucewhite]

friendship aesthetic: gabruce // @gabriella-marino

“Whatever you’re thinking, forget about it. I wouldn’t do that to you and I wouldn’t let anyone else do it either,” she signed. “I believe you and in you. Whatever you need, I’ll be right here.”

As secrets went, this one was just about as heavy as they got. And Gabriella didn’t even know about Bruce’s other secrets. But it surprised him, how much lighter he felt, knowing that someone else knew, and still believed in him, and wanted to help. He felt a twinge of guilt, too, still feeling like he had dragged Gabriella into this mess. But she was saying, loud and clear, that she wanted to be a part of this. And Bruce didn’t have the words to thank her.

So instead he just signed, “Thank you,” knowing it wasn’t enough. Something caught in Bruce’s throat. Deep water merpeople didn’t cry underwater. That was a special feature of the human form. But he had gotten quite accustomed to it over the past eighteen months. Tears pricked at the corners of his eyes. “I… I think we ought to be closing up now. But thank you. You’re very brave, Gabriella. Maybe the bravest person I know.”