[ she understands the instinct — to be a burden is to be unloved, that is what she's spent her whole life trying to unpack. why she still has a smile that is all teeth when she is nervous because she used to think smiling bright enough, being happy enough, being clever and funny and neat enough, would mean someone would pick her like a puppy at the pound and take her home.
because if she cares enough about other people then they will care about her in return.
she hasn't grown out of that last one, fingers tugging at her ear in a fidgety, nervous gesture she hasn't grown out of either. ]
You should let him carry it.
[ daniel knew what he was sacrificing when he helped grace, but she hadn't known what she was sacrificing when she married alex.
her smile goes wide and toothy, brittle like splintering glass. ]
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because if she cares enough about other people then they will care about her in return.
she hasn't grown out of that last one, fingers tugging at her ear in a fidgety, nervous gesture she hasn't grown out of either. ]
You should let him carry it.
[ daniel knew what he was sacrificing when he helped grace, but she hadn't known what she was sacrificing when she married alex.
her smile goes wide and toothy, brittle like splintering glass. ]
I'm sorry, I have to go.