i will be working through other stuff in my inbox but in the meantime, i've had this pre-written in my notes app for like... a week at least, maybe a little longer, waiting for enough time after the event to toss it up w/o forward dating
Harry, shaking like a chihuahua under 34 layers of trauma and shame: LOVE is when you don’t have to say anything when it’s PURE and DEVOTIONAL and you don’t have sex and don’t have to think about sex and that means you’re safe. when you have the reassurance of NOT BEING LOVED BACK you truly know how to serve the needs of the one you care for most
yeah that makes sense. i wrote a lot of the earlier responses while thinking "wow it's a shame alan wouldn't know about frozen b/c of being in the dark place" and then eventually remembered oh right, the snow queen exists