Chrysalism

chrysalism. n.
the amniotic tranquility of being indoors during a thunderstorm, listening to waves of rain pattering against the roof like an argument upstairs, whose muffled words are unintelligible but whose crackling release of built-up tension you understand perfectly.
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constantly surrounded by chaos, all they needed was a safe space. a place to wholeheartedly be themselves, for better or worse. that place became each other, and when terror hits, the chance of losing it becomes all too real for either of them to handle.
book 1 of 2.