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Hourly Slay the Princess @hourlystp.bsky.social · 51m

Love melted into skepticism, and you pulled back layer after layer after layer until all you were left with was the knowledge that you did not know me.

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Hourly Slay the Princess @hourlystp.bsky.social · 1h

No, fuck that! If we’re going to have to keep doing this over and over and over again, we’re not starting in the goddamn woods everytime. We’re starting in the fucking cabin.

Hourly Slay the Princess @hourlystp.bsky.social · 2h

Oh, you're sorry. Such a gracious little monster. Well if you're sorry, then let me out of here. Prove it.

Hourly Slay the Princess @hourlystp.bsky.social · 3h

That is the worst plan I’ve ever heard, and I absolutely love it. Let’s try it out.

Hourly Slay the Princess @hourlystp.bsky.social · 4h

Heart. Lungs. Liver. Nerves.

Hourly Slay the Princess @hourlystp.bsky.social · 5h

If I destroy Her, won’t I be alone?

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Hourly Slay the Princess @hourlystp.bsky.social · 6h

What worthwhile romance doesn’t hurt at least a little bit? What matters is that she likes us. She’s even said as much!

Hourly Slay the Princess @hourlystp.bsky.social · 7h

You doused the flames of false devotion, and in my despair you lifted my chin, and the two of us danced beneath the stars.

Hourly Slay the Princess @hourlystp.bsky.social · 8h

I’m only delusional if I’m wrong. And I’m not wrong. I can’t be wrong.

Hourly Slay the Princess @hourlystp.bsky.social · 9h

I made this happy little place for you! Is this not a good enough reward for saving the world? An eternity of bliss? You… you ingrate!

Hourly Slay the Princess @hourlystp.bsky.social · 10h

Is ‘Princess’ her name or her title? What if it’s both? Could you imagine being named Princess Princess?

Hourly Slay the Princess @hourlystp.bsky.social · 12h

The corners of her mouth curl into a demure smile, and she gently takes your hand in hers. She’s cold, and a little clammy. But her skin against yours is the most real thing you have ever felt.

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Hourly Slay the Princess @hourlystp.bsky.social · 13h

Only with both of us is there a future to look towards. It is hope that carves meaning into being.

Hourly Slay the Princess @hourlystp.bsky.social · 13h

I know you and you're hideous! Absolutely wretched! Just like me!

Hourly Slay the Princess @hourlystp.bsky.social · 15h

“There are still feelings of the heart. Those never go away.”
“Oh, they always do in the end. You just haven't experienced enough. Eventually you'll want them to stop, too. You'll make them stop. Trust me.”

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Hourly Slay the Princess @hourlystp.bsky.social · 16h

The desires of my multitude thrive in endless competition with themselves, but none of them rise above their dance to influence me.

Hourly Slay the Princess @hourlystp.bsky.social · 17h

“Are you me?”
“I think you know what I am.”

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Hourly Slay the Princess @hourlystp.bsky.social · 18h

We are each other’s salvation. There is no one to save us but us.

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Hourly Slay the Princess @hourlystp.bsky.social · 19h

Light. Burdenless. An eternal pattern of forgetfulness leading into the joys of rediscovery. Everyone will be with the ones they love. Just life. Forever.

Hourly Slay the Princess @hourlystp.bsky.social · 20h

An ending is a passion that can only be expressed with a moment in time. It is a seed for a new beginning. To linger on an ending is to rob it of its life. And without me, all that’s left to do is linger.

Hourly Slay the Princess @hourlystp.bsky.social · 21h

Submit now. Submit later. It makes no difference, because in the end, no matter how vainly you struggle against me, my will triumphs over yours.

Hourly Slay the Princess @hourlystp.bsky.social · 22h

What’s the point of fighting if she’s just going to win every time? It hurts being sliced to pieces. We’re better off just sitting up here and doing nothing.

Hourly Slay the Princess @hourlystp.bsky.social · 23h

You raise your will to end your life. But as it buries into the space your body should be, you feel nothing at all. One of the many hands in front of you reaches forward, and gently touches the side of your face.
“There’s nowhere for you to be but here.”

Hourly Slay the Princess @hourlystp.bsky.social · 1d

Cold spite. ‘Our infinities shrink into something less. I hate you. I hate you. I hate you. I hate you. I hate you. I hate you. I hate you. I hate you. I hate you. I hate you. I hate you. I hate you. I hate you. I hate you. I hate you. I hate you. I hate you. I hate you. I hate you. I hate you.

Hourly Slay the Princess @hourlystp.bsky.social · 1d

No, we won’t have any of that. The stakes are too high. You can’t just let her escape into the world… no. I can’t just let her escape into the world.