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The catch is I’m AroAce. I truly don’t think I’ve ever felt that way towards anyone. My comphet relationship swiftly turned into friendship when we broke up as I began realizing who I was. So swiftly I’m confident I never romantically loved him, we just have a strong platonic bond.

So to have these dreams where I feel those butterflies, that warmth when I see them walking towards me, the fire when we kiss…. Only to wake up and realize it’s only a fantasy for me.

Maybe I’m wrong. Actually I would love to be proven wrong and have someone enter my life and dismantle these labels I’ve identified with if I could feel those ways in reality. But after almost 30 years and that’s never occurred? It’s unlikely.

And it hurts to be reminded of what I don’t have; what I don’t feel. It helps that Alice Oseman posted a comic perfectly depicting this feeling. I feel less alone.

Tori Spring and Georgia Warr chatting after their pride 💛💜🏳️‍🌈

And that’s all it ever was…

…A MIRAGE

Original artwork inspired by Alice Oseman’s “Loveless,” and the feeling of discovering you’re aspec

Georgia's story is my story. I love reading and writing fanfiction, I enjoy shipping, I live my life imagining my favorite characters falling in love different scenarios or having happy lives together.

I also figured out I was aroace in college, I would wonder if I would find a guy like the ones that made me sigh during those late nights reading reader insert fanfiction or on the movies and TV series I enjoyed, but the times guys approached in a romantic way I turned them down I thought it was because I didn't like them specifically, now I know it's because those experiences have never been appealing to me.

Been thinking about the book Loveless lately, so I couldn’t resist drawing some fanart of Georgia!

After I started reading Heartstopper, my friend recommended Loveless to me. All throughout I related to Georgia even more than I had any fictional character in the past. During the scene when Sunil was telling Georgia was asexual and aromantic meant, I teared up.

That was the moment I realized I’m aroace.

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