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[wa7chme]

@chvmpiionsx liked for a liv morgan birthday starter for finn

[ SMS / CONTACT: dead weight / SENT ]: it's kind of crazy. [ SMS / CONTACT: dead weight / SENT ]: you spent all that time around me and somehow still forgot the most important day of the year. [ SMS / CONTACT: dead weight / SENT ]: lucky for you, i'm in a greaaaaat mood today so ill let you try again.

[wa7chme]

liv morgan hated that she still noticed him. after everything that happened, after the choices they made and the line they crossed, she should have been able to look at finn bálor and feel nothing. that would have been easier. she wanted to be angry. she wanted the resentment to come naturally. she wanted to convince herself that he was just another person standing in her way, another person she had no reason to care about. but finn had never been just another person. that was the problem. liv hated how much history sat between them. how many moments she replayed when she was alone. how easily she remembered the arguments, the tension, the way he challenged her without ever letting her hide behind the confidence she showed everyone else. she hated that she understood him. she hated that part of her still wanted him to understand her. the betrayal should have erased everything. instead, it only made the feelings she refused to admit harder to ignore.

liv stood there, looking at @chvmpiionsx, and reminded herself that she was supposed to be cold. she was supposed to be unaffected. she was supposed to be the person who walked away without looking back. but finn was the one person who made that impossible. ❝ you know what’s funny? ❞ liv let out a quiet laugh, though there was no real humor behind it. ❝ i spent so much time convincing myself that i didn’t care what you thought. ❞ she looked away briefly before forcing herself to meet his eyes again. ❝ and yet here i am. ❞ her jaw tightened. ❝ still trying to explain myself to you. ❞ she hated that she was doing it. hated that she felt the need to make him understand. because liv morgan didn’t explain herself. she didn’t apologize. she didn’t let people see the parts of her that hurt. but with finn, she always seemed to break her own rules. ❝ you really know how to make things complicated. ❞ a small, frustrated smile appeared on her face. ❝ that’s what i hate about you. ❞ she paused. not because she didn’t know what she wanted to say. because she knew exactly what she wanted to say. ❝ i hate that you make me think. ❞ her voice lowered. ❝ i hate that i can’t just be angry at you. ❞ liv swallowed, annoyed by her own honesty. ❝ because being angry would be easier. ❞ she stepped closer, her expression becoming more serious. ❝ i could tell myself that you’re just arrogant. that you’re impossible. that you’re the reason everything went wrong. ❞ a pause. ❝ but i know that’s not the whole truth. ❞ liv looked away, refusing to let herself become too vulnerable. ❝ that’s the part that bothers me. ❞ she took a breath. ❝ because no matter how much i try to hate you… ” her voice softened. ❝ i don’t. ❞ the admission hung between them. and for once, liv didn’t cover it with a joke or a smirk. she just stood there, letting the truth exist for a moment. ❝ don’t think this changes anything. ❞ her confidence returned, but only slightly. ❝ i’m still going to fight you. i’m still going to challenge you. i’m still going to make your life difficult. ❞ a small smile crossed her face. ❝ because that’s who i am. ❞ she looked at him one last time. ❝ but maybe that’s also why i can’t completely walk away. ❞ liv hated admitting that. but she hated pretending even more.

[r4mpaige]

paige hated that she still remembered the little things. the way finn would look at her when he thought she was not paying attention. the way he could make a room feel quieter just by being in it. the way, despite everything that had happened, a part of her still searched for him before she even realized she was doing it. she told herself she had moved on. she had repeated it enough times that it almost sounded believable. but standing there now, waiting for him, she knew the truth was far more complicated. moving forward was not the same as forgetting. time could create distance, but it did not erase the feelings that had been left behind. paige had spent months convincing herself that she did not need answers. she told herself that she was stronger without them, that she could close that chapter and never look back. yet here she was. because some chapters did not close properly. some stories ended with too many words left unsaid. she wondered if finn felt the same way. if he had moments where he almost reached out but stopped himself. if he missed her the way she missed him, or if he had truly managed to let go. the thought bothered her more than she wanted to admit.

when @chvmpiionsx finally appeared, paige felt the familiar pull she had been trying to ignore. for a moment, she was not angry. she was not guarded. she was just paige, standing in front of someone who had once meant everything to her. then reality settled back in. she straightened her posture and met his eyes. ❝ finn. ❞ her voice was calm, but there was emotion beneath it that she could not completely hide. ❝ i did not know if you would come. ❞ she paused, watching his expression carefully. ❝ part of me thought you would avoid this forever. maybe because it was easier. maybe because pretending we did not matter was less painful than admitting that we did. ❞ paige took a small breath, keeping herself composed. ❝ i am not here to argue with you. i am not here to blame you for everything that happened between us. ❞ she looked away for a moment before returning her gaze to him. ❝ but i am tired of acting like there was nothing there. like what we had was something we can just erase because things became complicated. ❞ her voice softened. ❝ i need to know the truth, finn. did you walk away because you stopped caring about me… or because you cared too much and thought leaving was the only option? ❞