"What do the tattoos mean" i said brushing my fingers along both of their spines where 'le spine alla nostra rosa' was inked into their skin. "it's italian for the thorns to our rose" Matteo said with a sad, heavy voice slowly turning around to make eye contact with me and holding my hand in both of his. "what thorns to what rose?" i asked in a whisper, almost afraid of the answer. "Because we are the thorns and you are our rose. You are our bond and our beauty and we are the thorns that are supposed to protect you from the dangers of the world but... we obviously failed" Gio's deep broken voice said as he kept his head turned away and towards the ground. I used my other had to turn Gio around and bring his head up to look at me. The pain and anger in his eyes pained me so i pulled them both in and we fell asleep drowning i each others tears. #1 in two lovers 5.26.20 #20 younger women 5.16.20
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