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Sometimes it’s nice to be able to bring comfort to someone you love.
[Note: Ms Ma'am has written heaps of beautifully subtle, emotionally charged content over the past 8 years, most of which can be found exclusively on tumblr. Her works have included Tom, Adam, AU and canon Loki, and probably the most impressive Oakley story on the Internet. This work is a peaceful vignette I return to read regularly, as well as a great introduction to her style.]
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It’s late. And cold. And damp. But inside, where you are, it is warm and dry, although perhaps a little lonely.
You sigh and rest your head back on the pillows. It’s been a challenging few weeks, but you knew it would be. He’s been busy, invigorated and exhausted at the same time. Long hours on the stage. Even longer hours at the stage door.
Still, it’s been fun to watch. You love to peek when he doesn’t know you’re looking, and watch the animation flicker on his features. That thing, that daily, nightly, hourly contract with the audience, that interchange of energy – that is what makes him burn like a flame. That is why he was born, and when he leaps into it with both feet, it’s more than just attractive. It sounds so terrible – so clichéd and lovesick – but it’s inspirational. It pushes you onward with your own projects, with your own trajectory, which now seems, perhaps, to be connected with his.
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