[ can people change? is there really such a thing as a bad or good person, or are there only just people, who happen to do bad or good things?
i'll only corrupt you, he had told her once. perhaps she was wrong, and they were not the words of a man who thought of everyone but himself. perhaps they were the words of a man who, despite all his efforts, cannot forget himself. or, at the very least, the man he had once been. ]
I suppose that's right.
[ she is sad, but she can't determine yet who she is saddest for — herself or him. sad for the man denying himself the salvation of seeing the change he must have affected, or sad for the woman who had deluded herself into thinking she might have had the chance to show him herself. ]
I wonder what that says about those of us who are always the hardest on ourselves.
[ he feels cold to the touch now, despite how close their bodies are. despite how much she wishes some of her warmth could have transferred to him, but, with a shiver, it seems the cold has won out again.
she finally breaks away with the resolve she had been lacking when she'd first initiated that hug, turning her hand instead to the large dog that welcomes it. ]
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i'll only corrupt you, he had told her once. perhaps she was wrong, and they were not the words of a man who thought of everyone but himself. perhaps they were the words of a man who, despite all his efforts, cannot forget himself. or, at the very least, the man he had once been. ]
I suppose that's right.
[ she is sad, but she can't determine yet who she is saddest for — herself or him. sad for the man denying himself the salvation of seeing the change he must have affected, or sad for the woman who had deluded herself into thinking she might have had the chance to show him herself. ]
I wonder what that says about those of us who are always the hardest on ourselves.
[ he feels cold to the touch now, despite how close their bodies are. despite how much she wishes some of her warmth could have transferred to him, but, with a shiver, it seems the cold has won out again.
she finally breaks away with the resolve she had been lacking when she'd first initiated that hug, turning her hand instead to the large dog that welcomes it. ]