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A young woman is imprisoned in a castle by a monstrously formed prince. The servants of the castle hope for them to fall in love, and when the spell is broken they assume their prayers have been answered. They are all surprised, but nonetheless pleased, when it is revealed to them that the young woman and prince are the truest of friends, and nothing more.

They say the kingdom is ruled by an evil queen, a woman who is incapable of loving. She is unmarried, she has no consorts, and she wishes for no partner. She is the wretched queen, the heartless queen. She must hate her daughter, for her daughter is beautiful, and women are incapable of liking another woman who’s prettier than themselves. It must be for this reason that the princess was sent away, not for how she was attacked by a man in the woods. They say the kingdom is ruled by an evil queen because she cannot love. The queen loves her daughter, and that is enough for them both.

There lives a prince who is forced to choose a bride at the ball. He meets many beautiful women, but find none which he loves. He spies one in a gorgeous gown and wonder in her eyes, and he dances with her all night long. The kingdom is sure he has found his bride. When the clock strikes midnight he tells her how he will never love a woman, or a man, in the way he is expected to. The beautiful woman smiles and tells him she expects nothing from him. The next morning the prince and the beautiful woman are missing, having run off together to see the world. They leave their shoes behind in their haste.

exist. It doesn’t all have

to be romantic.

anecdoche: a conversation where no one is listening

kairosclerosis: the moment when you realize you’re happy

monachopsis: the subtle persisting sense of being out of place

opia: the ambiguous intensity from looking someone in the eye

rubatosis: the unsettling awareness of your heartbeat

vellichor: the strange wistfulness of used book stores

the sense that the future is

coming too quickly

And then. Theyre both. Cringe. Losers. Who play Minecraft and talk to themselves like Avery fuckjng wants to be a YouTuber and Derek narrates himself for nooooo reason. Friendless probably mishandled by the school system probably havent managed to keep close friends because of choice personality quirks probably get called too much or not enough or never texts back or goddamnit like. And then they click.

Oh dear god. Nooooo their flirting would suuuuck it'd be so embarrassing it'd be so disgustingly clumsy and they'd both be ridiculously too into it and doubling down to realize how godawful it is.

every time you interact

with my post it’s just

on survival