Fics like time stand

“But I’m fine,” Rumi continues, too easily. “Seriously, Mira.” Mira feels her heart twist. All the questions she wants to ask sound insane. Why did you stop smiling at me like you used to? When did you start feeling like you had to be polite with us? Why do you cover up so much? Why don’t you spend any time with us anymore? Where are you going? Have you already left? Was it my fault? When did I stop noticing? “Okay,” Mira says, the word burning in her mouth. “Just—you know you can talk to me or Zoey. We’re a team.” “Soulmates,” Rumi teases, with just the slightest amount of flair to the word. It feels off. All of it feels off, because Mira is realising Rumi hasn’t joked like this with her in a very, very long time, and she wants to laugh at it, wants to playfully start a fight, but the words only make her feel another surge of guilt, more sick to her stomach than she had been, angrier than she was just a few seconds ago. Mira swallows back each emotion that threatens to kill her, squaring her shoulders when she says, “Something like that.” (or, anger, jealousy, and the desperation to love someone who won't let you)

Fics like time stand

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