❛❛ 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒏𝒂𝒑 𝒏𝒐𝒘 ? ❜❜

𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗛𝗔𝗕𝗜𝗧𝗦
𝗗𝗜𝗘 𝙃𝘼𝙍𝘿

𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛  
𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛  
  𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛  

𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛
𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛
𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛

𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛
𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛
𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛 𝒛
.
.
.

❝ 𝑚𝑦 𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 ,
𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑚𝑒 . . .
𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑜 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑙 ❞

𝒐𝒐. 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗔𝗜𝗥 now strangely felt lighter in Anastasia's
chest, it was almost too easy to breathe. The wind was crisp in her bloody nostrils, burning her lungs that were hugged inside bruised ribs. Her tongue ran along her chapped lip, lapping at her wounds like a wounded dog. High above the Helicarrier ship soared in an array of fire and flames, dipping down towards the ocean at an immeasurable speed. Legs dragging with feet like cinderblocks, Anastasia coughed up a mouthful of water.

𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗥𝗨𝗕𝗕𝗘𝗥 soles squished into the soft mud, pulling at her feet in a silent beckon to rest. With each step towards the land, she felt her former life pulling away from her like a wet jacket. Oh, how she could collapse at any moment. Her lithe body swayed as the water rained from her limbs. She pulled herself further and further onto shore. The waves caressed her legs, pushing her up and on.

𝗖𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗛𝗘 thing of bush and branches, Anastasia was met with him. Icy blue eyes, illuminated even more against his porcelain skin. Like a deer in headlights, they stood meters apart. Her thoughts scattered, leaving her mind blank. Pressing her tongue against the roof of her mouth, Ana's hand crept down, grabbing her dagger's hilt.

𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗩𝗜𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡 blurred from the water dripping off her hair. She winced, losing focus for a second to wipe away the water and rub her eyes. Blinking with a curious gaze, he was gone.

°    ⁺ ⁺ ✧┊┊┊ 𝙱𝙾𝙾𝙺 ❜ 𝚂 𝚃𝙸𝙼𝙴𝙻𝙸𝙽𝙴 ┊┊┊✧ ⁺ ⁺ 　°

𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐓   𝐂 𝐀 : 𝐓 𝐖 𝐒
⋆.ೃ࿔*:･ 𝑡𝑜 ⋆.ೃ࿔*:･
𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐓      𝐂 𝐀 : 𝐂 𝐖

𝒔𝒆𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏 as
𝐣𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 ❛𝐛𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐲❜ 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐬

❛ the winter soldier ❜

❝ 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕
𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒊 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 ❞

𝒆𝒊𝒛𝒂 𝒈𝒐𝒏𝒛𝒂́𝒍𝒆𝒛 as
𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐚

❛ enigma ❜

❝ 𝒏𝒐 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅
𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 ❞

𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕 as
𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧

❛ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐝 ❜

❝ 𝒊̂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒕-𝒊̂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒕, 𝒕𝒐𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈
𝒔𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒕'𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒔𝒆 𝒅𝒖𝒄 ❞

𝒗𝒊𝒐𝒍𝒂 𝒅𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒔 as
𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧

❛ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐝'𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐞 ❜

❝ 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒖𝒚𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇
𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒑𝒍𝒆  ❞

𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒄𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕 as
𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬

   ❝ 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝒎𝒆 ? ❞
   𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐚'𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠
   𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧.
   ❝ 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢'𝐦 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠. ❞
   𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭.  ❝ 𝐡𝐨𝐰—𝒃𝒖𝒕—𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐢 𝐝𝐨 ? ❞
   ❝ 𝐢 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰, ❞ 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝, 𝐮𝐧𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞
   𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭.  ❝ 𝐢 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐰𝐞'𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝒖𝒔. ❞
   𝐛𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐲 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐲, 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐧𝐠, ❝ 𝐰𝐞'𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐚
   𝒘𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝐮𝐬. ❞

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mentions/talk of ptsd & anxiety,
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𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐣𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 '𝐛𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐲' 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐚. 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐲 𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥-𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩

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