I didn’t fall for Des because he was handsome, or because he knew my secrets, but because he stuck around when I was least lovable. Because he was a man who didn’t try to take anything from me even when I lay next to him, but instead gave me peace and comfort. Because each one of those nights he saved me all over again, even if it was from myself.⠀⠀
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⠀ ⠀⠀⢰⣿⡿⠗⠀⠠⠄⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⡜⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠑⢶⣶⡄
⢀⣶⣦⣸⠀⢼⣟⡇⠀⠀⢀⣀⠀⠘⡿⠃
⠀⢿⣿⣿⣄⠒⠀⠠⢶⡂⢫⣿⢇⢀⠃⠀
⠀⠈⠻⣿⣿⣿⣶⣤⣀⣀⣀⣂⡠⠊⠀⠀
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“I am going to keep on defying you. I am going to shame you with my defiance. You remind me that I am a mere mortal and you are a prince of Faerie. Well, let me remind you that means you have much to lose and I have nothing. You may win in the end, you may ensorcell me and hurt me and humiliate me, but I will make sure you lose everything I can take from you on the way down. I promise you this is the least of what I can do.”