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𝐒𝐋𝐎𝐖 𝐔𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒

❝I tried to hate you, to forgive you, all just to forget you, but I'm only capable of loving you. You're tattooed onto my skin, and the more I try to erase you, the deeper you sink in.❞
  
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𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐄𝐌𝐌𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄 left the vigorous city to leave everything behind and start from the beginning but now has no choice but to move back in order to get her art degree.

𝐊𝐎𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐈𝐑𝐖𝐈𝐍 hasn't ever left the city, stuck behind for better or worse, and is now an art professor at one of the most prestigious programs in New York.

But when in the presence of each other, they are forced to confront their deepest sorrows and piece together the parts that are broken. 

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