more than yesterday; less than tomorrow

arsonide

Language: English

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Publisher: archiveofourown.org

Published: Jun 13, 2024

Words: 90734
Grade: 5
Pages: 415
Readability: 85.45

Description:

They don’t say anything to each other. They don’t have to. The clock ticks in the corner and helps Navia calm the rapid pounding in her chest. Clorinde’s fingertips running up and down her arm and the way Navia can close her eyes and listen to her heartbeat is all that she needs. All that they need.

All she ever wanted was for Clorinde to feel safe. To feel loved and wanted and worth it, like Clorinde had always done for her.

There is no Navia without Clorinde. No Clorinde without Navia.

Or, from beginning to end, how Clorinde falls in the bloom of their youth, the way Navia follows suit in the aftermath, and how they continue to intertwine.