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Me, You, and the Multiverse for the @aftgexchange and @helplesshobo

Talia tentatively reached out to take the book from Ray’s hand. “Thank you,” she said.

Ray recognised the tone of her voice. It was the same tone Ray had heard in Kevin, in Aaron, in herself. It was a tone built from years of abuse, of being so used to pain and numbness that even a glimmer of kindness seemed like an oasis. A torturous hallucination that would only bring more pain, and yet you still walk to that oasis anyway. Even though you knew it wasn’t real, that the hallucination wouldn’t last, you couldn’t help but want it anyway.

And now Talia was looking at Ray like she could fix all of the world’s problems. Like she was her answer.

Ray knew she wasn’t anyone’s answer, certainly not Talia’s, but she found her own oasis of warmth in her chest, and she couldn’t quite ignore it. It had dug its roots in, and it was here to stay.

𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞

𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬