They came in loud.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0FZkj6EU4q
Not cruel, just brimming.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpPkSzw5zWw
The kind of person whose presence fills a room before they know if they’re welcome.
They looked at the walls, the bottles, the stillness of it all.
And then at me.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZLgfx5kPBK
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“You could be so much more.”
I said nothing at first.
I poured them a drink that cools the fever of ambition.
They drank.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSb1SOwcL8k
They blinked.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2nuPCKUMzV
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“I am enough.”
They didn’t respond.
But they stayed a little longer.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH9T4ezjyqe
They looked at the fire differently.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfRBGuGsPL3
Quieter. As though realizing it had never needed to burn higher.57Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWppgzinVIs
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“Maybe that’s harder.”
