They came in loud.56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsW7lP2fkmw
Not cruel, just brimming.56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHAwoFcAXjI
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.56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLrLBunKLgg
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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.56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡff41ssAxPk
They blinked.56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ56OUOJeDkz
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“I am enough.”
They didn’t respond.
But they stayed a little longer.56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHKmrBDDXqU
They looked at the fire differently.56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC3RHdaOgQD
Quieter. As though realizing it had never needed to burn higher.56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV66USYbFyX
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“Maybe that’s harder.”
