15 Works by Starry_Boba
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Why Benvolio? Why, when he'd given so much to the world, did it refuse to return even the smallest favor to him? And why was Mercutio so determined to be the last one to let him down?
Hurtcember Day 14: Fatigue
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- Part 5 of Hurtcember 2025 Highlights
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Fill the Cup of the Ungrateful Fool by Starry_Boba
Fandoms: Romeo and Juliet - Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet (1968)
02 Apr 2026
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He was wasteful, he knew that much. Of food, of affection. So why would he be given more to take for granted?
Hurtcember Day 6: Hunger
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- Part 4 of Hurtcember 2025 Highlights
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Stain My Life so Yours Remains Clean by Starry_Boba
Fandoms: Romeo and Juliet - Shakespeare
02 Apr 2026
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His family's scrutiny should have vexed him to no end. But he'd continue to soil his royal garments if his brother's could remain pristine.
Hurtcember Day 3: Bleeding Out
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- Part 3 of Hurtcember 2025 Highlights
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She believed him a knight, donning a suit of armor and his family's honor. He'd never told her who he really was in the fairy tale.
Hurtcember Day 2: Wounds
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- Part 2 of Hurtcember 2025 Highlights
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Benvolio has just lost his parents, so why is it so easy to comfort Romeo instead?
Hurtcember Day 1: Broken Bone
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- Part 1 of Hurtcember 2025 Highlights
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The words are all too familiar, the questions all ones he'd posed himself. And he knows very well the only way to silence such thoughts.
Hurtcember Day 7: Death
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- Part 10 of Hurtcember 2025 Highlights
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The Moon's Two Faces are Equally Far From Earth by Starry_Boba
Fandoms: Romeo and Juliet - Shakespeare
02 Apr 2026
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Would this be all that becomes of them, a story already told many times over and a few words of caution? He cannot determine which fate is more cruel.
Hurtcember Day 11: Forgotten
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- Part 9 of Hurtcember 2025 Highlights
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A dying flame can only burn for so long. But perhaps one last flicker can shine bright enough to warm him for a bit longer.
Hurtcember Day 22: Lost
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- Part 8 of Hurtcember 2025 Highlights
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Our Souls Whisper into the Cacophony by Starry_Boba
Fandoms: Romeo and Juliet - Shakespeare
02 Apr 2026
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Leaden clouds conceal their innermost thoughts. From pattering drops sprout shaking sighs of relief. And in the morning, dew drops hold their quietest whispers.
Hurtcember Day 19: Weather
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- Part 7 of Hurtcember 2025 Highlights
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A place all to their own; a sanctuary. Their rendezvous pint for when the world eventually crumbled. So he was never meant to return alone.
Hurtcember Day 16: Scrape
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- Part 6 of Hurtcember 2025 Highlights
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"Just keep your eyes on me."
That was all they asked of each other.
"Keep your eyes on me, and don't mind the red."
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There was so much Benvolio would never be able to do with Mercutio now. They would never grow old together, never share a seemingly insignificant night in each other's company, which in contrast meant the world to both of them.
But perhaps Benvolio's biggest regret was how he would never be able to understand Mercutio, left with nothing more than a glimpse of the man beneath his façade.
And when faced with the only other person who was granted that glimpse, he could only wonder,How does one mourn someone they never knew in the first place?
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A Parting Glance for a Life Unlived by Starry_Boba
Fandoms: Roméo et Juliette - Presgurvic, Romeo and Juliet - Shakespeare
02 Oct 2025
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One believed he would never be enough.
The other knew he would always be too much.
But when their eyes met, they allowed themselves to hope for just a second that it wouldn’t matter.
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So the Lyre Sings a Lonely Ballad by Starry_Boba
Fandoms: Romeo and Juliet - Shakespeare
27 Jun 2025
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What had he to complain of—Mercutio’s great love?
No, his grievances were better reserved for himself, for urging Romeo to attend that feast, for failing to prevent that damned duel.
And for letting Mercutio down.
After all, to love was to look back, so why did Benvolio never do so until it was too late?
Or perhaps he never loved the way Mercutio wanted.
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Calm Enough to Feel by Starry_Boba
Fandoms: Pocket Monsters: Sword & Shield | Pokemon Sword & Shield Versions, Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Main Video Game Series), Pocket Monsters | Pokemon - All Media Types
25 Jun 2025
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He was a boy with a storm brewing in his mind, clouded eyes refusing to see anything but the sliver of sunshine he'd been granted. Yet, with the collapse of that "historical" obstruction of the truth, a spark of pink ignited within his heart, strangely bright enough for that old lady to spot but for himself to miss.
What is a cold, numb, discarded child to do when finally given a moment of peace, a moment to feel?