They came in loud.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjlZOuIBUrI
Not cruel, just brimming.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1XK9t3nCW
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.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡahk5go4ur8
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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.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTYxJuwCu7O
They blinked.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKFNmEqMEA2
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“I am enough.”
They didn’t respond.
But they stayed a little longer.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTp61fSEG2f
They looked at the fire differently.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJSKXq6Xcp
Quieter. As though realizing it had never needed to burn higher.9Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Tb5BK5Rkx
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“Maybe that’s harder.”
