WARNING: MENTIONS OF BLOOD, VIOLENCE AND MILD GORE. DO NOT READ IF THIS BOTHERS YOU. ⋆˚｡⋆୨✧୧˚ ONE: Likely Concussed ˚୨✧୧⋆｡˚⋆ I passed out again— I guess. But now I found myself in a place that felt completely unfamiliar. Everything was different; the rooms were gothic and Victorian, and wherever I was lying felt soft. I looked around and noticed my knife and scarf lying on the carpet next to me. Narrowing my eyes, I slowly got up, aware of my new tendency to faint. Once I felt steady enough to...

𝐀 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬: 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥, 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐧, 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲'𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞? 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐰 𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬-- 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐟𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐞...

You know, most people tend to think of love as something that either comes naturally or must be worked for. But to open up to a broader view, it's a mixture of both. True love can come without a second thought, but to seriously make things work, one must find a way to put effort into it-- like a fire that needs more wood or gasoline to burn. But when you find a person who makes your world stop spinning-- even for just a moment-- you know your life has been flipped inside-out, all around and...