_legallycrazy_
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[Ranked #86 in Short Story (06/05/2015)]
[Unedited. Please excuse the little mistakes.]
*trigger warning*
scarred: deeply affected or marked by mental or physical pain or injury.
That's what he was... he was scarred by her love for him.
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"I love you so much," she whispered, as I cradled her crying self in my arms.
I looked down at her tearstreaken face, and then at the fresh scars on her arms; I felt a single tear escape from my eyes, too.
All I wanted to do was to scream and shout and tell her that I didn't love her.
But I didn't. I couldn't.
"I love you, too."
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Special thanks to my friend Esha Mohol for letting me borrow her photo for the book cover!
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