Do any of you ever wish that your favorite character(s) were real?
Like, not just "That would be so cool! 😁", or 'thirsty delusions'. But, genuinely wish you could be around them. Wish that you had someone in your life you truly cared about you, and you could trust that they do. You wouldn't have yo remind yourself to be prepared for them to leave because "They're bound to get bored eventually". You wouldn't have to play conversations in your head before starting one so you can imagine all the ways it could go wrong and avoid those ways. You wouldn't have to hide your tears from them. You wouldn't have to question everthing they say because they could have alternate motives. They would help you to stay strong, but hold you when you couldn't be. They wouldn't judge you. They wouldn't shame you. They would support you, and want you to be healthy.
Depending on the character, you may imagine a domestic life with them, just the "Simple happy moments" that somehow we are robbed from; You'd cook together, brush your teeth together, put on face-masks and laugh at how silly you both look, help each other pick outfits- which will probably include some teasing-, you laugh and talk, you'd go out, they'd wipe your tears and you'd wipe theirs, and you both would just know that you've got someone who you could trust, you knew that they'd never hurt you, or betray you.
You would have someone who made you feel safe in all ways.
But then you remember that, as wonderful as it would be, they aren't real.
