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Not cruel, just brimming.69Please respect copyright.PENANAKcI4Hg9Btx
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.69Please respect copyright.PENANAdex46WkPt5
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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.69Please respect copyright.PENANA96qs7YCjPf
They blinked.69Please respect copyright.PENANALP8ILzmngq
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“I am enough.”
They didn’t respond.
But they stayed a little longer.69Please respect copyright.PENANA0lb0CuOzTB
They looked at the fire differently.69Please respect copyright.PENANAp0wz2NuYcq
Quieter. As though realizing it had never needed to burn higher.69Please respect copyright.PENANATOlAL0auWl
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“Maybe that’s harder.”