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#but Arthur and Alasdair especially hhhhh
trealamh · 3 years
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How to reconcile the contradictions between them when it’s…
You are not my brother, but you are. You are the only family I have ever known. I knew you before I knew my own name. The only blood between us is the blood we’ve spilled. Soulmates then, maybe, but what do you call a soulmate that has always been your enemy? What do you call an enemy you love?
You’re what keeps me up at night, and I only sleep soundly when I can hear your breathing in the dark (feel the rise of your chest under the palm of my hand).
I love you, I hate you. I want to exist in the space between your ribs and dig my fingers into your heart. I want to swallow it whole. You’re as much a part of me as breathing, I couldn’t spit you out if you were the blood in my mouth. If you were the smoke in my lungs. If I bit your throat I can feel your pulse under my lips.
My blood and your blood. Our blood.
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