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Author: 🌙✨ InkAfterMidnight
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-05-07 09:33:56

Because there was far too much, and none of it was safe, and the sight of him   damp hair and pink mouth and bare feet on the floor of our apartment, talking to his fish at eight in the morning like it was the most natural thing in the world   had temporarily removed my ability to be a functional human being.

He turned back to the tank.

"You're quiet," he said, casual as anything.

I was.

I was so many things right now and quiet was the least of

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