emotional intimacy
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A photograph of a boy with a pelican becomes a doorway back to the voice that once crossed an ocean to make a frightened girl feel safe.
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A tender confession about carrying someone like a protected secret and wondering what they would do if they knew.
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A quiet spark of desire grows beneath rain-soft glances, moonlit silence, and everything neither person is ready to name.
Between Bruises & Blooms 