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Not cruel, just brimming.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsgv0eB49qQ
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.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf9YwMjunxu
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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.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡltukWu6Tp0
They blinked.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV85yT8NnL5
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“I am enough.”
They didn’t respond.
But they stayed a little longer.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLRe4zbpEPW
They looked at the fire differently.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg3wAPvoK9g
Quieter. As though realizing it had never needed to burn higher.63Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCdu7Z1jdr7
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“Maybe that’s harder.”
and then Add to home screen.