"i'm sorry."
the next day
she sits next to me.
"whatever for?"
"dan i know what i do is wrong, keeping you in the dark. i should just tell you everything." she's messing with her fingers, a habit I noticed she's picked up when she's nervous or scared.
"you don't need to tell me anything. the dark is comforting becuase I know you're still there next to me. shinning."
"do you know how stars shine?"
"yes, it's the nuclear fusion of hydrogen."
"I think I'm becoming a supernova."
"supernovas are beautiful, elizabeth."
"but i'm still exploding from the inside."
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scintilla | daniel howell
Fanfictionscintilla ( noun ) a tiny, brilliant flash or spark; a small thing, a barely visible trace. a tiny trace or spark of a specified quality or feeling. "a scintilla of doubt" [ book one ] [ daniel howell fanfic ] [ lower case intended ] [ trigger w...
