The Myth Of Normal Novels & Stories

“What’s the matter, Nunny?” “What do you mean?” “You’ve been quiet this whole time. That’s not like you. It isn’t normal.” She glanced at me before looking up at the sky. “What is normal?” “Something that makes sense, something that’s not out of the ordinary,” I responded with a small laugh. “What is normal for the spider...” She started. “Is chaos for the fly.” I finished.

Ethan ventures. Ryan sets his journal on the desk, "That, Sir, is exactly what people must comprehend first. Myths reside in a bubble of fantasy, but toxicity is more of a bitter reality. Let me give you an example— the notion of sacrifice, as I mentioned the other day, and as mentioned under the umbrella term 'myth' remains mythical as long as it's balanced. The same notion mutates into toxicity the moment one party consistently bears the burden. That's the crucial distinction we must all comprehend…at least must try to."

I ask slowly. “Yes and it was never a one night stand”He says with absolute certainty as I stare at him and he stares back like this is a perfectly reasonable relationship expectation and I am the problem for not understanding it. Something inside my chest short-circuits at his words. “This is not normal,” I say flatly. “Being normal is overrated besides just see it as me laying bare my intentional pursuit of you”He replies immediately unfazed. I let out a sound somewhere between disbelief and laughter.

"I hate myself, Maya, and every day and every goddamn minute of my pathetic life, I wish I could take Kyra's spot. She didn't deserve to die, and I shouldn't be in the city of fairies! I helped Beatrice defeat our most powerful elders and turn them into weapons! I've let everyone down, and the only thing protecting the fairies now is the tree of life and a few elders!" Maya stares at me in disbelief. "You defeated the elders?" "I did because I'm not normal!" Frustration runs loose in my vein, and I rake my hand through my hair with a pained smile taking over my lips. Tears are streaming down my cheek, and I can't stop them. Maya whispers. "How aren't you normal? Finn, you're perfect just-...