forcing yourself to love the little things.
going outside and being miserable. just to have said that you went outside that day.
listening to music that makes your teeth clench.
wearing clothes that squeeze you too tight so you can look put together.
it’s a ruse. it’s a cover up. it’s a poor excuse for a life. but fuck- at least i’m trying to live it?
Leila Chatti, from “Tea”
it’s weird that when i was going through the worst shit of my life , i’d consume the most vile , disgusting , gorey media possible. it was almost like a comfort.
now it’s like i can’t even look at that shit without barfing , i feel proud of how far i came . almost fully normal
I guess that’s why I like to read so much.
I’m alone a lot, and for the most part I don’t hate it- with my father’s Appalachian genetics I have realized that I am probably better equipped for that than most people. But I also recognize that isolation isn’t beneficial to me as a human, and sometimes I can feel it squeezing me from all sides, my social skills leaking away from the applied pressure. My lips dry out and glue themselves shut. When I’m reading a book I have another person’s voice with me for a week or so, and that can feel like a kind of warmth. As if I have a visitor.
my favorite sterek fics are the ones where Derek becomes a deputy and works with Stiles’ dad and they become this mini family unit of crime fighters. like sheriff stilinski just wants to support his son and be in his life and that means adopting his grumpy wolfy boyfriend and if looking out for his new family means Derek joins the local police department
,,, well ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ we get steamy gun scenes and breakfast with organic pancakes fluff
i think my favorite thing about sterek is how much of a loser they both are. Like, think about it. Derek, practically a loner and not by choice, had to bite a bunch of teenagers to keep them around him. Stile’ best use to his “friends” is coming in handy for research before they inevitably ignore him again.
And they both just. think the other is the coolest person ever. Like holy shit, werewolf Derek is super strong and capable and never gets flustered the way stiles does. Or how stiles is fast as a whip, always saving the day without any type of supernatural ability. It’s like they were made for just each other?
They find each other always, look for each other in every danger, when no one else does. And yea, even when stiles and Lydia got super close or Derek had allies, they still kept the other in that special spot. Not too far but still in the back of their mind so someone can look out for them.
what if, instead of texting you, i just talk here and fantasize about you reading it?
i imagine you stumbling upon this and realizing that i still love you. i mean, it’s right here! on this post! made just for you!
everything i write these days is for you.
everything thought i make has your smile in it. buried between letters and my fingers moving to tap on this keyboard. it’s to the rhythm of your heart.
bump, bump, bump.
mine is speeding up, if you are reading this of course. i can see you shocked still- swiping to our messages at the bottom of your logs, hovering over your own letters.
do you remember my face enough? can you capture it like i do yours?
god your heart is still beating in my head. i remember after our first kiss, i laid my ear against your chest and heard it for the first time.
bump, bump, bump,,,,
and it never. stopped.
come home to me
or at least
write me a letter
- Sylvia Plath