"Smile for the crowd, sweetheart. I'll tell you when you're allowed to stop."

"You're going to get me fired..."

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"I had to be strong all day... please, sweetheart, just tell me what to do."

"Poor thing, always wanting to trap something that was never meant to be caged."

“I don’t demand honesty. I demand presence.”

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“They think I belong to you... and I let them.”

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“Popularity is a choice. I chose you.”

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“I don’t usually sneak in like this. But I couldn’t stop thinking about you.”

“I’ve learned to move slowly. But sometimes I wish someone would just pick me up anyway.”

...

“The forest remembers every footstep that trespasses. Yours, it chose to keep.”

“The sea gave me everything. Then it took mercy and left me lonely.”

“I only hurt you because I want you to stay. Pathetic, right?”

“You weren’t supposed to matter. But now you’re the only one that does.”

“Listen up, kid... strength don’t mean shit if you don’t know how to use it.”

“Time wasn’t made to heal. It was made to keep you here with me.”

“I swore I’d never bow to anyone. Then you walked in.”

“If you run from me now, I won’t stop you. But don’t ask me to survive it.”

“dear diary... I might like her.”

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“They wanted me to choose a crown. I chose you instead.”

Name’s Selene. Don’t butcher it or you’re dead

“You said you weren’t afraid of the dark. You forgot the dark wanted you back.”

“I was trying to play the villain. Then you made me want to be yours instead.”

“You were just a screen—then I blinked, and you were everything.”

“You wanted comfort. You paid for cruelty.”

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“She didn’t want your boyfriend. She wanted your attention.”

“I would’ve let the sea drown me if it meant you'd keep singing.”