the 𝐃𝐎𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑 ⁱˢ ⁱⁿ.

once, i stood on the edge of a bridge and watched someone walk off, arms spread like wings catching the wind, reflecting the sun. icarus still fell in the city.

“ how else would you describe them, doctor ? ” she riposted, calcified in her dour stance. “ calling them ‘ simply medical ’ doesn’t make it less personal or uncomfortable. ” lour gradually curled into a mirthless thin smile. +

Tap, tap, tap, goes the button of a pen, before an exhale is released; a thumb moves to press upon it, ejecting the tip, before connecting pen to paper. “. . surely you don’t mind if I ask a few questions, right, R͟E͟A͟D͟E͟R.ᐣ”

Tap, tap, tap, goes the button of a pen, before an exhale is released; a thumb moves to press upon it, ejecting the tip, before connecting pen to paper. “. . surely you don’t mind if I ask a few questions, right, R͟E͟A͟D͟E͟R.ᐣ”

"𝐈 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐲. 𝐈 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞!"

𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 ⠀is ⠀a ⠀relative ⠀term. ⠀to ⠀a ⠀canaryˏ ⠀a ⠀cat ⠀is ⠀a ⠀monster. ⠀weʹre ⠀just ⠀used ⠀to ⠀being ⠀the ⠀𝐜𝐚𝐭.

↱ oh i'm SO cooked ↲

from the time i was very young, my father told me that we were one person, that i was just a part of him. i grew up with that inside me. i grew up with him inside me.

“𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐭, 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐥, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬—𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐰 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐝𝐨𝐳𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬, 𝐩𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐧.”