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what are eurydices to their orpheus, anyway?

Summary:

Katie and 4c talk about nothing at all.

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lalalalala hi hello i got bored. crossposted on tumblr yay yippee. i'm feeling so joyous today it's great

used to be titled "call him nominalghost the way he's haunting the narrative". rip u had a good run

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They’re under the bridge again. 4c’s drawing squiggles in the sand when he asks: Do you think he’d look back? I mean. You know Orpheus and Eurydice? If I were his Eurydice, do you think he’d look back?

Katie’s known him for years and years on end, and then none at all. He’s not the kind of person to change easy, though. I don’t think he’d look back for either of us.

4c slumps, brightens, frowns. Does that mean he loves us?

Katie imagines the underworld, trailing after him in tunnels six feet under.

…Yeah, she says. Yeah, it does.

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