𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐋𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐑 𝐆𝐈𝐑𝐋 .
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𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐋𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐑 𝐆𝐈𝐑𝐋 .
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⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ i 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 ⸝⸝ want to live ; ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ is that 𝘁𝗼𝗼 much to 𝒂𝒔𝒌 ݁.ᐣ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀

He’s quiet for a second. Looks down at the flower on the table. “Yeah.” Just the one word first. Like he’s testing how it feels to say it out loud. “He didn’t— he wasn’t himself. You know how he gets.” His voice is careful. Not defensive of Cloud exactly, just—

Something in him visibly unknots. He looks down at the flower in his hand. Then at her. Then he laughs — quiet, genuine, the first real one since he knocked on her door. “I wasn’t gonna argue.” He goes back to the chair. Sits down with considerably more relief than he lets

Zack doesn’t flinch away from it. Doesn’t scramble to fix it or talk around it. He just sits with it for a moment, lets it settle where it needs to settle. Then he nods. “Okay.” Just that. No argument. “You’re right.” He stands. Slowly — and there it is, the thing he’s been
