Certainty Synonym Novels & Stories

No promise wrapped in spectacle. Just certainty.

Not loud. Not urgent. Not something that demanded action to prove it existed. It was something you recognized and trusted. That evening, I called Cassian while walking home, the sky pale and undecided above me. “I think I’ve been confusing certainty with performance,” I said as soon as he answered. “How so?” he asked. “I used to think I had to act quickly or convincingly to make certainty real,” I said. “But today, it didn’t ask for anything.” He was quiet for a moment.

“Whatever it is, it’s not far.” Ryan stayed right beside me. “Then we don’t go straight to it, we slow this down.” “It’s not waiting for me to slow down,” I said. “It’s… steady, like it knows I’m coming anyway.” “That confidence is exactly what I don’t trust,” Ryan said. “Nothing should feel that certain.” “It’s not confidence,” I said. “It’s certainty.” Ryan let out a quiet breath. “Yeah… that’s worse.” Ethan’s voice came quieter. “Do you feel anything else.”

he added, which made me swallow hard. "How sure are you that I'm not sure about Eli? We've been in a relationship for a long time, should I say now that I'm not sure about him?" "Assurance. Commitment. Affirmation. These interconnected words cannot be measured by how long you've been with someone else for you to say that you truly love that person. You cannot say that you are sure of him or that he is the one you want to be with in the future by just using time as your basis."