The whole “we both know we’re on borrowed time but we fall for each other anyways” trope is one the most romantic things ever and here’s why:
That trope is basically saying “I know this will break my heart and I know I will never fully recover from this, what’s more I know if I walk away now this will only be an occasional twinge in my heart and nothing more. But for YOU I’m willing to suffer that passion and the heartache it brings, for our short time together I’m willing to spend the rest of my eternity slowly growing my agonizing way around it. Because you surpass my self-preservation and everything I could ever want and I will forgo anything if it means I can have THIS LOVE WITH YOU in my life.”
And it all boils down to: “I will willingly endure the darkness that comes after if it means I can have the most dazzling firework for one fleeting second in my entire life. And that firework, is being in love with you.”
This trope burns me from the core of my heart and I relish in that flame every. single. time.
Love will never be uncomplicated to me, love will never lack struggle, and darkness, and strife, and hurt.
Because people will never lack struggle, and darkness, and strife, and hurt.
Show me love that is nothing but simple, and easy, and clean between people who are never anything but gentle and kind and I will go on high alert. I will feel unsafe. I will feel like someone is lying. I will be waiting for the surprise attack.
Because if you can’t see the darkness it’s because it’s being hidden.
tbh i feel like. a lot of the positivity posts for ‘problematic fictives’ is based off the idea that ‘theyre BETTER now" but ykw shoutout to problematic fictives who are STILL ‘problematic’. you dont deserve happiness any less.
[Text ID: it’s dangerous to fuck with people like me. i’ll say yes to anything. heartbreak or bank heist, i’m there, in the passenger seat. i’ll bring the gasoline & my naive romanticism, sacrifice myself to win over a smile. you’ve never seen a devotion so stubborn & foolhardy. /End ID]
