cradle the present.

♡    inspired  by    the  2025  album  by    ariana  grande  .     add  context    &     change  gendered  language  to  your  needs .    suggestive  themes  are  present  .     happy  writing .ᐟ

intro     (     end  of  the  world     )     : 

❝  how  can  i  tell  if  i’m  in  the  right  relationship .ᐣ ❞

❝  aren’t  you  supposed  to  know  that  shit .ᐣ ❞

❝  i  had  this  interaction  i’ve  been  thinking  about  for  like  five  weeks … ❞

❝  i  wonder  if  he’s  judging  me  like  i’m  judging  myself  right  now. ❞

❝  i’d  rather  tell  the  truth  than  make  it  worse  for  you. ❞

❝  if  the  sun  refused  to  shine,  baby,  would  i  still  be  your  lover .ᐣ ❞

❝  if  it  all  ended  tomorrow,  would  i  be  the  one  on  your  mind .ᐣ ❞

❝ i’ve  been  right  here  all  this  time.  ❞

❝ i  broke  your  heart  because  you  broke  mine.  ❞

❝ i  wish  i  could  un  -  need  you.  ❞

bye     :

❝  this  ain’t  the  first  time  i’ve  been  hostage  to  these  tears. ❞

❝  at  least  i  know  how  hard  we  tried,  both  you  and  me.  didn't  we .ᐣ ❞

❝ [  name  ]  just  pulled  up  in  the  driveway.  it’s  time.  goodbye. ❞

❝  i’m  taking  what’s  mine. ❞

❝  you  know,  i’m  stronger  than  i  think. ❞

❝  usually,  i’d  join  you  on  the  floor,  but  this  dance  ain’t  for  me. ❞

❝  just  turn  the  music  up. ❞

❝  maybe  someday,  we’ll  look  back  on  this  with  love. ❞

❝  didn’t  think  you’d  lose  me,  but  now,  it’s  just  too  late  for  you  to  choose  me. ❞

don’t  wanna  break  up  again     :

❝   i  fell  asleep  crying  and  you  just  turned  up  the  tv  because  you  didn’t  want  to  hear  me. ❞

❝  another  sleepless  night,  but  i  have  a  big  day  in  the  morning. ❞

❝  i’m  too  much  for  you. ❞

❝  guess  i  gotta  do  that  thing  i  really  don’t  wanna  do. ❞

❝  i  don’t  wanna  fuck  with  your  head. ❞

❝  it’s  breaking  my  heart  to  keep  breaking  yours  again. ❞

❝  this  situationship  has  to  end. ❞

❝  i  don’t  wanna  break  up  again. ❞

❝  you  didn’t  even  try.  and  when  you  finally  did,  it  was  at  the  wrong  time. ❞

❝  i  won’t  abandon  me  for  you  and  i. ❞

❝  just  one  kiss  goodbye .ᐣ ❞

❝  i  hope  you  won’t  regret  me. ❞

❝  i  hope  you’ll  still  think  fondly  of  our  little  life. ❞

eternal  sunshine     :

❝  i  don’t  care  what  people  say.  we  both  know  i  couldn’t  change  you. ❞

❝  you  can’t  rearrange  truth. ❞

❝  i’ve  never  seen  someone  lie  like  you  do  …  so  much,  even  you  start  to  think  it’s  true. ❞

❝  get  me  out  of  this  loop. ❞

❝  she  was  in  my  bed,  laying  on  your  chest. ❞

❝  now,  i’m  in  my  head,  wondering  how  this  ends. ❞

❝  i’ll  be  the  first  to  say  ‘i’m  sorry.’ ❞

❝  now,  you  got  me  feeling  sorry. ❞

❝  i  showed  you  all  my  demons,  all  my  lies.  yet,  you  played  me  like  atari. ❞

❝  now,  it’s  like  i’m  looking  in  a  mirror. ❞

❝  hope  you  feel  alright  when  you’re  in  her. ❞

❝  i  found  a  good  boy,  and  he’s  on  my  side.  ❞

❝  you’re  just  my  eternal  sunshine. ❞

❝  i’ve  tried  to  wipe  my  mind,  just  so  i  feel  less  insane. ❞

❝  i’d  rather  feel  painless. ❞

❝  i’d  rather  forget  than  know  for  sure  what  we  could’ve  fought  through  behind  this  door. ❞

❝  close  this  door  and  move  on. ❞

❝  he  was  in  your  bed,  laying  on  my  chest. ❞

supernatural     :   

❝  i  don’t  want  anybody  else  around  me.  i  just  need  you  right  here. ❞

❝  you’re  like  the  only  thing  that  i  see.  it’s  crystal  -  clear. ❞

❝  i  want  you  to  come  claim  it. ❞

❝  what  are  you  waiting  for .ᐣ ❞

❝  i  want  you  to  come  name  it,  want  you  to  make  it  yours. ❞

❝  this  love’s  possessing  me,  and  i  don’t  mind  at  all. ❞

❝  it’s  taking  over  me,  and  i  don’t  wanna  fight  the  fall. ❞

❝  i  need  your  hands  on  my  body  like  the  moon  needs  the  stars. ❞

❝  nothing  else  has  ever  felt  this  way  inside  me. ❞

❝  no,  i  don’t  even  mind  at  all. ❞

true  story     :   

❝ no,  this  is  not  what  i  need.  ❞

❝ give  me  love.  ❞

❝ i’ll  play  the  villain  if  you  need  me  to.  ❞

❝ i  know  how  this  goes.  i’ll  play  whatever  part  you  need  me  to.  ❞

❝ i’ll  play  the  bad  girl  if  you  need  me  to,  if  it  makes  you  feel  better.  ❞

❝ i’ll  be  the  one  you  love  to  hate.  ❞

❝ i’ve  got  too  much  on  my  plate.  ❞

❝ i  can  see  it  in  your  eyes;  you  got  too  much  time.  ❞

❝ you  like  to  pray  on  my  demise  for  fun.  ❞

❝ i’ll  play  whatever  part  you  need  me  to,  and  i’ll  be good  in  it,  too.  ❞

the  boy  is  mine     :

❝ how  could  it  be,  you  and  me  might  be  meant  to  be .ᐣ  ❞

❝ i  don’t  wanna  cause  a  scene.  ❞

❝ i’m  usually  so  unproblematic.  ❞

❝ something  about  him  is  made  for  somebody  like  me.  ❞

❝ something  about  you  is  made  for  somebody  like  me.  ❞

❝ god  knows  that  i’m  trying,  but  there’s  just  no  use  in  denying  it.  ❞

❝ the  boy  is  mine.  ❞

❝ i  can’t  wait  to  try  him.  ❞

❝ please  know  this  isn’t  what  i  planned  for.  ❞

❝ my  girls  always  come  through  in  a  sticky  situation.  ❞

❝ it’s  fine,  it  happens  all  the  time.  ❞

❝ i  know  it’s  simply  meant  to  be.  ❞

❝ i  take  full  accountability  for  all  of  these  tears.  ❞

❝ i  promise  you,  i’m  not  usually  like  this.  ❞

❝ shit,  it’s  like  news  to  me,  but  i  can’t  ignore  my  heart,  babe.  ❞

yes,  and  .ᐣ     : 

❝  everybody’s  tired  and  healing  from  somebody.  ❞

❝ if  you  find  yourself  in  a  dark  situation,  just  turn  on  your  light.  ❞

❝  you  can  be  your  own  fucking  best  friend.  ❞

❝ i’m  so  done  with  caring  what  you  think.  ❞

❝  i  won’t  hide  underneath  your  own  projections.  ❞

❝ your  energy  is  yours  and  mine  is  mine.  ❞

❝ don’t  comment  on  my  body.  ❞

❝ your  business  is  yours  and  mine  is  mine.  ❞

❝  why  do  you  care  so  much  whose  dick  i  ride .ᐣ  ❞

we  can’t  be  friends     (     wait  for  your  love     )     :

❝ i  didn’t  think  you’d  understand  me.  how  could  you  ever  even  try .ᐣ  ❞

❝ i  don’t  wanna  tiptoe,  but  i  don’t  wanna  hide,  but  i  don’t  wanna  feed  this  monstrous  fire.  ❞

❝ i  just  wanna  let  this  story  die,  and  i’ll  be  alright.  ❞

❝ we  can’t  be  friends,  but  i’d  like  to  just  pretend.  ❞

❝ i’ll  just  wait  until  you  like  me  again. ❞

❝  babygirl,  it’s  just  me  and  you.  ❞

❝ i  don’t  wanna  argue,  but  i  don’t  wanna  bite  my  tongue.  i  think  i’d  rather  die. ❞

❝ you  got  me  misunderstood,  but  at  least  i  look  this  good.  ❞

❝ i  know  that  you  made  me,  i  just  don’t  like  how  you  paint  me.  ❞

❝  i’m  not  what  you  made  me.  ❞

❝  for  now,  it’s  only  me.  and  maybe  that’s  all  i  need.  ❞

❝ i’ll  wait  for  your  love.  ❞

i  wish  i  hated  you     :

❝ your  shoes  are  still  in  boxes  in  my  closet.  i’ll  send  them  your  way.  ❞

❝ i  hope  life  brings  you  no  new  pain.  ❞

❝ i’m  rearranging  my  memories,  trying  to  rewrite  our  life.  ❞

❝ but  no  matter  how  i  try  to,  and  no  matter  how  i  want  to,  and  no  matter  how  easy  things  could  be  if  i  did,  and  no  matter  how  guilty  i  still  feel  saying  it:  i  wish  i  hated  you.  ❞

❝ i  wish  i  hated  you.  ❞

❝ i  wish  you  were  worse  to  me. ❞

❝ i  wish  i  were  worse  to  you.  ❞

imperfect  for  you     :

❝ come,  take  my  hand.  ❞

❝ throw  your  guitar  and  your  clothes  in  the  back  seat.  ❞

❝ my  love,  they  don’t  understand.  ❞

❝ i’ll  hold  your  hurt  in  the  box  here  beside  me.  ❞

❝ how  could  we  know  we’d  rearrange  the  cosmos .ᐣ  ❞

❝ we  crashed  and  we  burned  and  now  i  just  can’t  go  where  you  don’t  go.  ❞

❝ usually  i’m  fucked  up,  anxious,  too  much.  but  i  haven’t  been  that  way  since  i  met  you.  ❞

❝ i’ll  love  you  like  you  need  me  to.  ❞

❝  let’s  go  tonight;  there’s  just  a  few  seconds  left  ’til  tomorrow.  ❞

❝  how  could  we  know  that  this  was  a  happy  disaster .ᐣ  ❞

❝ i’m  glad  we  crashed  and  burned.  ❞

❝ how  could  we  know  we’d  make  the  bad  stuff  delightful .ᐣ  ❞

❝ i  know  we’ll  be  there  for  each  other.  ❞

ordinary  things     :

❝ i  don’t  want  anything  but  more  time.  ❞

❝ there  are  no  ordinary  things  with  you.  ❞

❝ there’s  never  gonna  be  an  ordinary  thing  as  long  as  i’m  with  you.  ❞

❝ you  hit  just  like  the  first  sip  of  wine  after  a  long  day.  ❞

❝ you  hit  like  my  biggеst  fan  when  i  hear  what  the  critics  say.  ❞

❝ you  hit  just  like  a  green  light  when  i’m  stuck  running  real  late.  ❞

❝ i  don’t  need  diamonds.  just  your  time.  ❞

twilight  zone     :

❝ did  i  dream  the  whole  thing .ᐣ ❞

❝ was  i  just  a  nightmare .ᐣ  ❞

❝ hope  you  win  for  best  actor,  because  i  had  you  completely  wrong.  ❞

❝ does  she  know  you’re  not  who  you  say  you  are .ᐣ  i  might  just  give  her  a  call.  ❞

❝ it’s  not  like  i’m  still  not  over  you.  sometimes,  i  just  can’t  believe  i  let  you  happen.  ❞

❝ it’s  not  like  i’d  ever  change  a  thing,  because  i’m  right  here  where  i’m  meant  to  be.  ❞

❝ why  do  i  still  protect  you .ᐣ  ❞

❝ it’s  so  strange.  i  don’t  miss  you.  ❞

❝ sometimes  i  just  can’t  believe  you  happened.  ❞

warm     : 

❝ i  can  find  my  way.  i  never  needed  anybody  to  stay.  ❞

❝ i  never  thought  i’d  find  another  who  could  fly  here  at  my  pace.  ❞

❝ i’m  cool  on  my  own,  but  it’s  warmer  in  your  arms.  ❞

❝ it’s  nice  to  unravel.  ❞

❝ am  i  just  on  your  to  -  do  list .ᐣ  ❞

dandelion     : 

❝ i’m  not  one  to  play,  i  am  as  you  see.  i  give  my  word.  ❞

❝ these  other  boys,  they’re  one  and  the  same.  ❞

❝ i’m  trying  to  say  i  want  you  to  stay.  ❞

❝ i  got  what  you  need.  ❞

❝ i’m  thinking  you  should  plant  this  seed.  ❞

❝ i  get  this  sounds  unserious,  but,  babyboy,  this  is  serious.  ❞

❝ you  can  get  anything  you  like.  ❞

❝ can’t  you  see  i  bloom  at  night .ᐣ  ❞

❝ just  don’t  blow  this.  ❞

❝ i’ll  be  your  dandelion.  ❞

❝ come  what  may,  i’ll  be  here  on  my  knees.  ❞

❝ you  know  me,  i’m  just  being  honest.  ❞

❝ just  come  blow  this.  ❞

❝ i  know  i’m  on  your  wishlist.  ❞

past  life     :

❝ like  a  moth  to  a  flame,  i  didn’t  think,  i  just  flew.  ❞

❝ you  think  i’m  lost,  but  that’s  just  how  you  found  me.  ❞

❝ well,  maybe  i’m  the  stranger  after  all.  ❞

❝ always  wondered  what  would  happen  if  i  let  you  lose  me.  ❞

❝ always  wondered  what  would  happen  if  i  let  myself  need  more.  ❞

❝ might  fuck  around  and  elevate  my  expectations.  ❞

❝ now  i’m  fine  to  leave  you  in  a  past  life.  ❞

❝ i  used  to  think  you  were  the  medicine,  but  you  were  just  code  blue.  ❞

hampstead     :

❝ i  left  my  heart  at  a  pub  in  [  place  ].  ❞

❝ yes,  i  know  it  seems  fucked  up  and  you’re  right,  but  quite  frankly,  you’re  still  wrong  about  everything.  ❞

❝ i  find  something  sweet  in  your  peculiar  behavior.  ❞

❝ i  think  to  be  so  dumb  must  be  nice.  ❞

❝ what  makes  you  think  you’re  even  invited .ᐣ  ❞

❝ therе’s  no  one  home,  and  you’re  still  outsidе.  i  wonder  why.  ❞

❝ what’s  wrong  with  a  little  bit  of  poison .ᐣ tell  me.  ❞

❝ i  would  rather  feel  everything  than  nothing  every  time.  ❞

❝ i’d  rather  be  seen  and  alive  than  dying  by  your  point  of  view.  ❞

❝ i  don’t  remember  too  much  of  the  last  year.  ❞

❝ you  think  you’ve  read  the  book  i’m  still  writing.  ❞

❝ i  can’t  imagine  wanting  so  badly  to  be  right.  ❞

A little set of questions for you to help identify specifics about your various muses! Some of the questions are NSFW and this is recommended for 18+

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Most likely to flirt with a stranger?

Most likely to call someone by the wrong name - or a couple of wrong names - before getting it right?

Most likely to fall in love at first meeting?

Most likely to have sex with a stranger?

Most likely to stay sober at an event to get everyone home safely?

Most likely to host a last minute party that will get out of control?

Most likely to write a love letter to someone and deliver it anonymously?

Most likely to bring flowers for someone on a first date?

Most likely to stress out over what to wear for a first date?

Most likely to steal their partner's/sibling's/roommate's clothes?

Most likely to help someone dispose of a body?

Most likely to kill someone in cold blood?

Most likely to tell someone they love them even though they don't?

Most likely to run a successful business?

Most likely to become famous for something?

Most likely to make breakfast in bed for a one-night stand?

Most likely to dye or cut off their hair immediately after a breakup?

Most likely to take a friend shopping to help them get over a breakup?

Most likely to take in a stray animal and end up taking responsibility for an unexpected pet?

Most likely to end up on a Most Wanted list for crimes they definitely committed?

do you think that anybody would mind if i took that, as a keepsake?

i know this is hard for you.

you know how rumor spreads.

it seems the responsibility falls upon you.

seal the room.

is this really necessary?

they say eavesdroppers can use lasers to read the vibrations of the glass.

i'm sorry to fuss.

i'd say this is a pretty fair vision of hell.

don't be blasphemous.

that'd be too much to hope for.

let's stay out here and get some fresh air.

have you seen the papers?

you are more worthy than any of us.

i could never live with myself.

sorry, my train was delayed.

we've missed you.

no one is ever well at our age.

apparently pope john the 23rd was too fat to fit into the biggest cassock, so they had to split the seam at the back for him to get in.

you look tired.

this is a duty i thought i'd never have to perform.

i haven't got time to hear your confession.

have you been drinking?

what's troubling you? tell me.

i should have come to you before, but i promised not to say anything.

oh, and you see it as your duty to prevent that, do you?

i don't think we have any choice.

bless us, oh lord, and these, your gifts, which we are about to receive from your bounty.

you look anxious.

the abyss calls out.

why do i feel like a cow being priced by the farmer?

it is tomorrow night that the real work begins.

listen, you don't have to do anything. just leave it to us.

i stand for never returning to the days of families of ten children because mama and papa didn't know any better.

i have no intention of concealing my views or pretending to be anything other than i am.

the men who are dangerous are the ones who do want it.

i'm enjoying all this mystery.

what? that's absurd.

do you want a coffee?

i don't know. i'm just trying to make sense of this.

you're a manager. manage.

let me speak from the heart for a moment.

certainty is the great enemy of unity, and the deadly enemy of tolerance.

our faith is a living thing precisely because it walks hand-in-hand with doubt.

please make sure your handwriting is legible.

it's the kind of thing the press like to get hold of.

my spanish is quite poor.

i love turtles. they're so clever.

may i call you [first name]?

i only mention it to illustrate my point.

i had no idea you were so ambitious.

that's a ridiculous thing to say.

i thought we had your support.

it is a war! and you have to commit to a side.

save your previous doubts for your prayers.

you can't seriously believe that i have the slightest desire.

deny it if you like, but search your heart and then tell me it isn't so.

well, i take it something happened.

there's been an explosion.

it's too late for all that.

please sit, my child. how are you feeling?

i want you to understand that, first of all, you are not in any kind of trouble.

it's important you tell me anything that is in your heart or that is troubling you. can you do that for me? it will go no further than this room.

that sounds ominous.

i am the victim of a disgraceful plot to ruin my reputation.

it was a lapse.

i sensed the presence of the holy spirit this morning, i swear it.

do not use this to ruin me. please, i beg you.

there is no hope.

i know you to be a good man.

will you pray with me?

whatever it was, it can't have been serious.

it's not my job to go hunting for secrets.

let god's will be done.

i feel as if i'm at some american political convention.

it isn't over yet.

shh! we take the point.

we're mortal men. we serve an ideal.

this is sad. i shall pray for you.

i deny that accusation.

it isn't libel, it's the truth!

you should be careful. your own ambition has not gone unnoticed.

this might be seen as a tactic to blacken the name of a rival.

i shall pretend this conversation never took place.

put them back, or burn them.

stay clear of this, leave it to me.

i'm willing to handle the consequences.

oh, don't be naive!

you lack courage.

although i am supposed to be invisible, i was nevertheless given eyes and ears.

judas. traitor.

that firm hand of yours has its admirers.

i've come to ask for your forgiveness.

it's shameful to be this age and still not know yourself.

no one was seriously hurt. some cuts, that's all.

you should be ashamed.

do not touch me!

with respect, what do you know about war?

the thing you're fighting is here, inside each and every one of us.

these last few days we have shown ourselves to be small petty men.

the church is not tradition. the church is not the past. the church is what we do next.

i wonder if i could have a word in private.

it was a very dark time for me.

i am what god made me.

perhaps it is my difference that will make me more useful.

what gives?

the bar is closed.

think nothing of it.

can i pick them or can't i?

if he wants you, he'll send for you.

i don't plan to stay.

oh, well, why didn't you say so?

did you come on the bus? i saw it stop.

ever been down here before?

how long will you be with us?

then you'll stay overnight.

if i was you, i'd save myself the trouble.

if you can't behave yourself, you gotta leave.

i hope you didn't take offense how we handled you.

more than a year, we'd been planning to come here.

we all swore up and down: no dames!

everything's spoiled, including our dispositions.

just to show there's no hard feelings.

storm signals are up.

it leaves us in the dark about a few things.

i'd be most grateful.

dying isn't very important.

you'd be surprised how much i know about you.

that hollow above the upper lip? before a baby is born, they know all the secrets of life and death. at birth, an angel comes and put his finger right there and seals their lips.

high up, there's what's left of a church.

i'd like to pay a visit to that place. maybe we'll do just that.

thought i might make my living on the sea.

life on land's become too complicated for my taste.

what'd you do before the war?

i've done lots. anything to make a dollar.

where'd you learn about boats?

my first sweetheart was a boat.

you're very happy here, aren't you?

you're never lonely?

i knew lots of people, but i was lonesome too.

before [name/you], my life hadn't made much sense.

i never had much of a home, and i didn't like what i had.

i'm like one of those mangroves.

join me for a little drink now?

in a hurricane, the wind blows so hard the ocean gets up on its hind legs and walks right across the land.

sit in the car and wait.

there are two cons in a cell. one tries to sell the other a fountain pen. and he says, "this pen is guaranteed for life." ...don't you get it? a con. guaranteed for life.

that leaves it up to you, pal.

don't you like me? i'm beginning to think i got smallpox or something.

elevator's busting through the roof. the elevator boy says to a couple passengers: "i told you there was no 11th floor!"

wise guy.

i hear a hurricane blows off roofs and puts the snatch on people. and they all fly around in the sky together. is that right?

easy does it, soldier.

you'd think this rain would cool things off, but it don't.

you haven't got the nerve.

you think that big gun in your hand makes you look grown-up.

i'll bet you spend hours posing in front of the mirror.

now listen. i don't want trouble. with you. with anybody.

what you don't know won't hurt you.

we'll be out of here in a couple of hours. try to put up with us that long.

champagne and pompano. they really go together.

still feel tough?

stop hollering, old man.

what's that? i'm kind of deaf.

this ain't real. you're having a dream.

on the level, are you that dumb?

sure, i was all of those things. and more!

i'll be back up there one day. then you'll really see something!

you little wildcat!

swell hearing your voice again.

i paid you. you do what i say.

i'll blow your brains out.

i'll say one thing, you sure can take it.

your picture would be in all the papers.

listen, hick.

come over here. i'd like to spit on you.

i didn't ask for your advice!

unlock this door, i want out!

honey, have you been crying?

oh, come on. it'll chase the blues away.

i think i'll go to my room.

what i need is a drink.

i thought you knew all the answers.

darling, you've hurt your face.

what's funny? why'd you laugh?

what's worse: a dumbbell or a wise guy?

i was educated only in impractical things.

i see through you.

i had hopes once, but i gave them up.

show them how you're not afraid to die.

looks like you don't want it enough.

you look like you lost somebody near and dear.

want a hero? here's one for sale, cheap!

you knew the gun was empty, didn't you, son? you could tell by the weight.

you were smart, fella.

better to be a live coward than a dead hero.

i fight nobody's battles but my own.

i can't see it your way.

if i believed your way, i'd want to be dead too.

what you're saying now is only to save face.

either you show tonight or the deal is off.

everybody has their first drink.

if i'd known you'd act this way, i wouldn't have come here.

you certainly haven't changed one bit. you're as mean as can be.

i was the rage.

why don't you give us your old song?

i won't make you do anything.

my gowns were gorgeous. always low-cut.

play a little gin?

sorry about the things i said. they aren't true.

maybe it is a rotten world. but a cause isn't lost if someone's willing to fight.

you may not want to be, but you can't help yourself.

what do you know about my life?

say anything, just so it's talk.

you don't like storms, do you?

in a few hours, there'll be little to remind you what happened tonight.

if you decide to stay here with us, we'd be most happy. i'd be proud to have you regard us as your family.

i don't mean to set onto you, son. think it over. don't give your answer right away.

you filth. scum.

you know what'll happen if you don't.

there's no better fishing than what's here.

i didn't wanna say anything. it's not my business.

i wouldn't put it past you!

i killed them both.

haven't i seen you someplace before?

it's sure great to see you again, pal.

when you get outside, run.

your head says one thing and your whole life says another.

if you're a fighter, you can't walk away from a fight.

with you back again, it'll be like old times.

this time, it'll be different.

i forgot to tell you. you're not coming.

please, i love you! i need you!

good luck, son.

i feel awful.

there's just me and you. we'll be partners. what do you say? deal?

you'll get rid of me and take all the money, is that it?

you're not big enough to do this.

i'm mighty grateful to you for saving my life.

2025 books - the will of the many by james islington (hierarchy #1)

𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐔𝐄 :

➔ you're gonna be okay , just keep your eyes on me. ➔ don't move - you're going to make it worse. ➔ it's not that bad. ➔ you saved me once before , now it's my turn. ➔ you fucking idiot , you weren't supposed to take the hit for me. ➔ i told you not to do that! now look! ➔ you're lucky that i know basic first aid , or you'd be dead! ➔ stay with me, okay? stay awake. ➔ i'll be as gentle as i can be , i promise. ➔ you're bleeding - oh my god , you're bleeding. ➔ you told me it was a scratch , this is not a fucking scratch! ➔ there's so much blood. ➔ next time you want to play here , just don't. ➔ stop fighting me and let me help! ➔ you're banned from doing anything remotely dangerous. ➔ you could have died , what were you thinking? ➔ if you die on me , i'm going to be pissed off. ➔ you didn't have to be so reckless just to prove a fucking point. ➔ the wound will heal but you'll have a scar.

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