#w.memes

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💭 wren & draven

"I think about how we used to be growing up a lot, you know? And I worry you think maybe I grew out of you. I didn't, for what it's worth. You'll always be my friend. Dad didn't break his promise, when I begged him not to tell you how hard I cried when you moved too far away for me to ride my bike to come hang out. And then we graduated, and I stopped seeing you at school. You're still my friend, one of my best ones- I miss you, but I don't know how to bridge that gap, anymore. Do I just invite you over to play in the mud like we used to? we're in our 20s, we don't do that anymore- I don't like being a stranger to you, dude- I miss trying to climb the biggest tree in the family orchard."

"Lighting took it out last winter. I hope that's not an omen, for anything."

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💭 wren and declan

"There's a version of me that's not so fucked up from spending my whole life as somebody's keeper that doesn't cling so hard to the hope that someday, I'll be able to put all the weight down and be somebody on my own. Maybe she's a little braver about the fact she thinks you're handsome- less aware that I'm Mallard Romero's daughter and that means I'm predisposed to cheap hookups and pretending I don't ache for some fairytale ending. Maybe she's got the bones to tell you she thinks you're handsome and see where that goes. This version of me wants you to be kind to yourself, though- you're some of the best of all of us- According to G, you always were. We all might die tomorrow- I'd like to face that risk knowing you're not afraid to let people love you the way you love everybody."

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💭 wren and claire

"I'm happy dad's happy but all this... hurts more than him sleeping around. I didn't think it would. And he deserves it, Claire deserves it, dad's good people, and I'm thankful for the help, but hell... I'm losing my identity bit by bit because other hands are lightening the load. Who am I, if not my father's keeper? If he's okay and.... in love? then what weight do I carry? I'm so happy, seeing them happy. It's cute, I didn't know you still got... puppy love, in your 40s. But I'm adrift, and all this... Things feeling like home again- Just makes me think of mom. I hope she doesn't notice, the wince when I come downstairs some mornings and it's her in the kitchen instead of mom. I promise it's not her fault. It's mine. It's dad's. It always has been."