#i want it to be real and visceral and snot and tears and matted hair | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

tragedy-of-commons · 3 months

Text

i like when they pretend… but poorly.

i like when a character puts on the bravest face they can muster, but it’s not doing much to convince anyone; glossy eyes wide with alarm as they say i’m fine because when have they not been? when have they not been confident and resilient?

they lie to themself, even as tears stream down their cheeks in petty rivulets—because this act is to convince only themself, not anyone else.

#i also do love great liars and pretenders and all that jazz #but something about someone barely keeping it together makes me Feel Things #like gnashing teeth and clawing at the ground in futility #man #when they are going through it 😍😍😍😍😍😘😘😘😘😘#platonically #i want it to be real and visceral and snot and tears and matted hair

6 notes · View notes