#their responsibility

THE HUMAN CONDITION   /   accepting  ;   @hellheiress​​

     ❛  i’ve been trying to keep up with all of these great expectations ,  so i keep faking  ❜

       𝑨 𝑺𝑾𝑨𝑵 𝑺𝑶𝑵𝑮 𝑻𝑶 𝑯𝑬𝑹 𝑯𝑬𝑨𝑹𝑻  and how sweet the sorrow ,   how bitter the memory .     of not knowing ,   of improvising and pretending she was okay ,   when she had only been princess for a night and woke a queen .     of a nightmare within a dream ,   of being woken and crowned ,   of confusion and loss ,   of feeling the disappointment she instilled in others .     of becoming ruler despite the protest and the insecurities that hadn’t quite faded ,   of feeling not quite good enough 

and thus fades the facade ,   the cool demeanour borrowed from false queen maleficent to persevere in the face of reluctance and disrespect .     oh ,   she should remember that charlie ,   sweet charlie ,   is a demon ,   and her affair with the wicked fae and her tricks and demons should have ingrained a reluctance to even be in her presence .     she should attempt to kill the girl ,   or order one of her guards to ,   or stand at least 50 paces from her being just to be safe ,   but she doesn’t .     instead ,   she sits close ,   gentle like budding dawn and rose petals ,   and she is not scared

charlie ,   despite the nature of her kin ,   exudes warmth and something familiar .     queen aurora looks at the demoness and doesn’t see monster but some reflection of herself ,   the girl she used to be   /   the girl she ,   in part ,   still is  :   this uncertain creature ,   with sunshine beneath her skin ,   and darkness somewhere deeper .     the insecurities must fester like rot and vines ,   coiled around her heart and pulled taut ,   and how twisted the shadow of her heart must be  :   would this girl ,   if she had to ,   survive the confrontation ?