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  1. petrichor by for peachsurfboard

    Fandoms: The Summer I Turned Pretty (TV 2022)  

    28 Aug 2026

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    Tears prickles at her eyes, collecting between her lashes. It's to his advantage, “We tried, Belly. It doesn’t work. I don't work—I am not going to sit here and keep pretending because you promised my mother you'll take care of me. Us.”

    “Is this what you think this is? Me being in love with you all my life is just down to your mother hoping I would marry one of her boys?”

    She feels like mist, like she's not solid enough to hold the heaviness of this conversation. “You said we didn't need to keep pretending, maybe it's time you abide by your own advice.”

    or: Belly and Conrad cannot be together, but they can't be apart either.

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