They came in loud.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJQ5brAJIXB
Not cruel, just brimming.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmqFZeRun7j
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.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiwlxuExx7X
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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.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6js5T24w9p
They blinked.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTZpHcezgqE
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“I am enough.”
They didn’t respond.
But they stayed a little longer.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6B8i9UPBHD
They looked at the fire differently.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrgRbxSiVtD
Quieter. As though realizing it had never needed to burn higher.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjDHKGbfkVh
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“Maybe that’s harder.”
