You Deserve Me Octavia [hot] -
A long pause. The wind dies down.
She shakes her head, a single tear finally escaping. you deserve me octavia
Listen to me. Everyone else who left? They didn’t leave because you were too much. They left because they weren’t enough. But I am not them. I am not afraid of your dark. I am not afraid of your past. And I am not going anywhere. A long pause
Why?
Don’t make me say it twice.
Because I see you. Not the legend. Not the disaster. You. The one who stays up too late reading. The one who laughs too loud at bad jokes. The one who apologizes to plants after forgetting to water them. Listen to me
Octavia breaks. Not dramatically—just a soft, shuddering exhale. She leans her forehead against his chest.