Oooo this is a cool idea! I’ll pick one from a roleplay I’m in, and one from my WIP. (:
Coryn:
Breathe … in, out … in, out …
It’ll be okay …
“N-no … it won’t …” I mumbled, vaguely aware of how hard I was gripping my head.
This isn’t like the labs at home … you’re just in bed, not in any life-threatening danger.
Oh, but how it seemed to be the contrary …
Aliree … Aliree isn’t single … he’s not single …
A sob broke from deep within my sore throat. The revelation at the café played through my mind at warp speed. His eyes, how sad they looked when I admitted my … my feelings for him …
Was this heartbreak?
Emotions … it was all so alien. Why did they exist?
Why did they have to cause such confusion and pain?
Just black and white … why can’t it just be black and white?
I screamed, then immediately clapped my hands over my ears, the sound echoing through my pounding head.
Overwhelming … so overwhelming …
I tore off the bedsheets, peeling my sticky body off the bed as I swung my legs over the side. My breathing was quick and shallow, the shards of my broken heart thumping against my chest and piercing it from the inside.
Ohhh … the pain …
Squeezing my eyes shut, I swallowed. I felt alone … alone with whatever was wrong with me … alone with whatever caused me to suck at being a person …
Maybe that’s why Aliree said he wasn’t single …
Maybe … maybe he said that because he doesn’t want to love someone who’s … weird.
Maybe he doesn’t want to love me.
Osløn:
The sun was high in the sky, but a dark storm cloud hung over my head as I stomped down the halls of my father’s estate.
That- that- that git, Rúan!
Father was going to be more than severely disappointed.
He was going to file a report to Empress Drunvhed … staining my ivory name in her perfectionist eyes.
All because of my idiot half-brother.
When I arrived at my quarters, I roared and kicked at my door, but the sturdy wood did not splinter like my pride had.
I muttered a few choice words and begrudgingly opened the door like a sensible man.
The handle was left coated in hoarfrost, despite my gloves.
I stormed in, banged the door shut with my foot, and collapsed on my bed, running a hand down my face. Relaxing at my birth home in the Lummeuse Mountains would be nice right now …
But no, I had duties to fulfill here. Duties to the Empire.
I wouldn’t abandon those duties, even if I was shamed by the empress herself …
No, no. I would not abandon my duties. I had to prove I was as honourable as my prestigious family name, Hvítur.
I was an honourable man. The empress would see that.
My father would see that.
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Too much introspection? 😬 Hope I did that right. 😅
I am broken. I am bleeding .... But I am beautiful.
