@lucioleptit said: ‘ you’re going too fast. you’ll burn up soon. ’
IT’S SOMETHING SHE KNOWS deep in her bones . she has never been a girl of half-measures ; she is all or nothing , ceaseless endless ambition or choking grief . she preaches care and moderation to the people she loves , because she wants them to live forever , but she has never learned to moderate herself . when she tries , she just feels like she’s standing still . like she doesn’t have enough time to slow down .
and god , she is hungry . hungry for a life , hungry to be something more than a haunted little girl with a house full of the dead , hungry for love , hungry for a legacy . maybe that makes her icarus reborn , rather than the mirror image of the namesake she wants so desperately to emulate . but she is so sick of running and never getting anywhere . percy thinks that if she doesn’t make progress soon , she’ll throw herself headfirst into the nearest bad idea to feel something . she’s done it before , more than once , found a man who made her feel wanted—never good men , picked to be poor choices , because it was always at her lowest points & she is nothing if not self-destructive .
‘ i’ll be fine . ’ she smiles a little , as if her heart isn’t beating a wild go , go , go inside her chest cavity . percy hates lying to annette , but she hates worrying her more . at least if she goes out in a blaze of glory , she’ll be remembered .
IF I’M GOOD, WILL YOU COME BACK? | ACCEPTING