Alyssa

Illustration of a Caribbean mermaid from Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World.

"The longer I live, the more deeply I learn that love — whether we call it friendship or family or romance — is the work of mirroring and magnifying each other’s light."

“you’re hot, cupcake” “my hero” “what about us?” “so what’ll it be, man or woman?” “go back to that big, shiny house of yours and just... forget me” “but you’re so sweet, like a cupcake” “it’s been real, cupcake” “oil and water, wasn’t meant to be” “easy easy easy” “i can tell, you have a good heart” “let her go. i brought her here, it’s me you want” “she risked everything to show me what life is really like down there” “i paid your girlfriend a visit this morning”