#x || starley: whisk away your heartsigh & bury it in mine

[volantt]

x || answered ask || @hrlyqn​

        There’s a bubble inside of her chest that won’t pop. There’s breaths that are released from clenched lungs in jagged exhales. She seeks solace within the arms of her lover. But it isn’t enough. How are you suppose to take shelter from a storm that’s raging inside instead of out? 

        “I failed.” Words are muffled, suppressed from a mouth that’s pressed into the collar of Harley’s shirt, face buried into the crook of a neck. “I wasn’t good enough.” Both arms are tucked inwards, lodged between two torsos and two chests. “I could’ve been more. I could’ve done more.” A lot of people’s lives were saved today. But the few that were lost stack up far greater and far more condensed. 

        “I know the Titans and I are a team but they were all looking at me.” That’d been the nail in the coffin. The looks of disappointment, the remarks made by their leader that’d been aimed towards her. Maybe not specifically. Maybe not directly. But she knew she’d personally loaded that gun and Robin’d been the one to pull the trigger. “I’m the strongest and I wasn’t strong enough.” Physically. Physically, Starfire was the strongest. But the weight of the world that her team kept putting on her shoulders was starting to splinter bones and tear muscles. 

        Her skin was bulletproof. But there’s bullet holes scattered, some visible some not. Unmarked graves, some named and some not. 

[volantt]

to no one’s surprise, i’ve made the executive (and easiest!) decision to be exclusives with @hrlyqn​ ‘s h.arley q.uinn !! my s.tarfire and their h.arley are soulmates. periodt. i’ll be posting this and updating my laws page, as well !! thank you for letting me gush on the dash about this <3