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✦ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʜɪɴɢꜱ ɪ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ꜱᴀɪᴅ ✦
"ʏᴏᴜ ʟᴏᴏᴋᴇᴅ ᴀᴛ ᴍᴇ ʟɪᴋᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ꜱᴀᴡ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ ᴜɢʟʏ ᴛʜɪɴɢ ɪ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴛʀʏɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ʜɪᴅᴇ, ᴀɴᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ᴅɪᴅɴ'ᴛ ꜰʟɪɴᴄʜ."
Gabriella Rodriguez learned early that silence was safer than speaking.
Her mother's moods came like storms, her childhood was built on eggshells,
and love-real love-was something she only ever read about in books.
Nineteen now, she lives quietly: the bookstore, the notebooks, the stray cats,
pretending everything is fine. Until Rafe Cameron walks in.
He's loud where she's quiet.
Angry where she's hollow.
Two people who shouldn't collide-but do,
because broken recognizes broken.
It isn't love, not really.
It's survival.
It's what happens when two lost souls find comfort in the same kind of pain.
⟡ ɢᴇɴʀᴇ: dark romance · angst · trauma healing · emotional slow burn
⟡ ᴘᴀɪʀɪɴɢ: Rafe Cameron × Gabriella Rodriguez (oc)
⟡ ᴛʜᴇᴍᴇꜱ: mental illness · codependency · inner child healing · quiet love · grief
⟡ ᴡᴀʀɴɪɴɢꜱ: depression, abuse (mentioned), ptsd, unhealthy coping, emotional distress
"ᴍᴀʏʙᴇ ᴡᴇ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴍᴇᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴀᴠᴇ ᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ.
ᴍᴀʏʙᴇ ᴡᴇ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ᴍᴇᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀꜱᴛᴀɴᴅ."
🕯 hurt / comfort
🖋 broken × broken
🌧 sad girl energy
🕊 slow ache, slow love
💭 emotional realism, not fantasy
#2 in Emotionallybroken