[ the admission is heavy- though whether it's owed to the content, or the splinter of her voice over the syllables of his name, chuck isn't certain. (he doesn't want to be certain, either.)
maybe it's a kind of idolatry. maybe it's the childish belief in heroes.
if he squints, and looks just right- chuck can see the parallels. between alayne's mister clarke, and chuck's old man. it's the kind of symmetry that hits him between the notches of his ribcage and burns on the inhale. ]
People can't make you anythin' you aren't already.
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maybe it's a kind of idolatry. maybe it's the childish belief in heroes.
if he squints, and looks just right- chuck can see the parallels. between alayne's mister clarke, and chuck's old man. it's the kind of symmetry that hits him between the notches of his ribcage and burns on the inhale. ]
People can't make you anythin' you aren't already.