They came in loud.58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjmDiNMwiyT
Not cruel, just brimming.58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQBqYhMalWJ
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.58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNJsOcEgWNb
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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.58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKDoeWyZR8M
They blinked.58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIrjpK6j4js
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“I am enough.”
They didn’t respond.
But they stayed a little longer.58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQXXnVHQkut
They looked at the fire differently.58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnYrgitRDth
Quieter. As though realizing it had never needed to burn higher.58Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA8twb3S9cy
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“Maybe that’s harder.”
