Hurts Like Hell
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MatureOngoing45m
Last published Mon, May 22, 2023
"When the light does dark, and I fall apart, would you wait for me? When it hurts like Hell, and I lose myself, would you wait for me?"
He'd asked her to wait. And so she waited. For years, long, painful years, she waited. Finally, by a twist of fate, they were reunited. But it wasn't the reunion they had hoped for.
He was different now...quiet, distant...not himself. What had he seen? What had happened that would drive them apart? She allowed herself to seek out love in other's arms...but they could never fill her heart like he had.
It took everything she had to stand beside him and help him with all of the struggles...he was awakening her own past, bringing back memories she had tried for so long to suppress. This wasn't the man she loved...or was it?
Standing tall and fighting for a love she once knew, Maria must fight against all odds to reawaken the feelings of love he once held for her, and help him fight against his inner demons while she battles her own. It's a struggle against the light and the dark, against mental battles and painful struggles to prove love can withstand anything...even when it hurts like Hell.
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