Ties.
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Last published Tue, May 5, 2026
Ember navigates through her life discovering new ties as she learns to keep them and save them, even when they're on the verge of breaking apart. She forms new ties as she learns to fight through her struggles to make her life the simplest teenage life anyone can live.
Tyler, having grown up, taught to keep all his problems to himself discovers the light of the support his loved ones can give him, through friendship and through formed bonds. He forms new ties as he learns to rely on his close ones from time to time and to let the weight on his shoulders fall.
" I'll always be here to support you ". I say as I look up into his eyes. I can feel his warm breath on my face. " Promise? " he asks me, barely above a whisper, his eyes ever so slightly tearing up. " Promise ". I say in a whisper similar to his but my voice firm with the strength of the promise I make, that I mean with all my heart. " And I'll always be here to hold you up when you're at your weakest ". He says, his eyes glinting with the determination of the promise he holds in them.
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