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Veronica (Ronnie) bing.
15
"I didn’t want to die. I just wanted to stop
hurting for a while."
"It wasn’t about giving up. It was about being tired of pretending I wasn’t drowning."
"I don’t need to be saved. Just don’t let go when I go quiet."
"Healing isn’t magic. It’s messy, it’s boring, and half the time it hurts worse than the fall."
"I’m not better. I’m just here. And that has to count for something."
"I don't talk because no one ever really listens. Not the way I need."
"People only ask if you’re okay when they want to hear yes."
"You want me to open up like I won’t bleed all over the place."
"I’m not cold. I’m careful. That’s different."
"I’ve been silent for so long, I forgot how loud survival can feel."
"Oh, sorry. I left my emotional breakdown in my other hoodie."
"I’m fine. By my standards. Which are mostly 'not on fire' and 'still breathing'."
"If sarcasm burned calories, I’d be invisible by now."
"The therapist says I should journal. So here’s today’s entry: ‘Still broken, but witty.’"
"It’s not that I don’t feel anymore. It’s just that I finally know how to survive."
"I used to think silence was safer. But I’m learning that telling the truth can feel like breathing again."
"I don’t want to go back to who I was. I just want to be someone I can live with."
"Today didn’t break me. That’s enough for now."
"Maybe I’m not rebuilding. Maybe I’m becoming something new."
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Jackson (Jake) Bennett
15
"I don’t need the perfect version of you. I just want the real one."
"You don’t have to explain the dark. I’m not afraid of it."
"I never stayed because I thought you'd get better. I stayed because you’re worth knowing, even when it’s hard."
"You don’t owe anyone a pretty version of what you survived."
"I’m not here to fix you. I’m here to walk beside you while you figure it out."
"I like the way you exist. Quiet. Careful. But always all in."
"I didn’t fall for you after the storm. I saw you during it, and I stayed."
"You don't have to kiss me to prove anything. I’d wait through every silence just to stay close."
"You’re not too much. You’re just more than most people know how to carry. But I want to learn."
"You’re scary in the best way. Like a poem with teeth."
"If you glare at me any harder, I might fall in love again."
"I’ve survived awkward family dinners and gym class. I can survive your bad mood."
"You pretend you don’t care, but your drawings are the most honest thing in the room."
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The rest of the cast as themselves
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After The Silence
Fanfiction(season 1-10) --- Ronnie Bing was never supposed to be noticed. But after a breakdown, an overdose, and a silent goodbye, she's learning what it means to stay alive. This is her story - the quiet kind of survival. Mature contact s6-7-8-9-10
