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starry-bi-sky · 4 months

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Clone^2 Damian

If you really think about, Damian's situation in the clone^2 au is... kinda tragic? Especially in the early months of his arrival. Like,,, think about it. Damian has always known he was a clone of Damian Wayne, that he was a copy of the blood son. There was nothing 'original' about him, not even his name (of which at least Danny has that). He was just... a replacement. A disposable one, to boot.

And he knew that, to an extent, by the time he was six years old. he might not have been actively acknowledging it -- he's six years old -- but deep down he knew. And like, he's six years old. Every small child craves the love and affection of an adult, especially their parents, and even though he knew he was clone, I imagine he still considered - and still does consider, somewhat - Talia and Bruce as his mother and father. And I really doubt he was... getting it?

Now, I know Talia loves Damian, her son. At least in some interpretations she does, and in this au she does. But... a clone of her son? I'm not so certain if she would have the same affection for baby Dames as she would for Damian. I don't think she would treat him badly, but I don't think Talia would treat him warmly either. Kinda just, distant. Colder than she would have been with OG Damian.

And, I know I've mentioned Damian's arrival from Danny's point of view, and its kind of comical kind of insane from his perspective -- a little boy clone of Damian Wayne falls through a portal and immediately attacks him. That sounds like a bad joke.

But, if you think of this from Damian's point of view? It's like he just got dropped into a scary movie. Like, think about it. You're six years old, and suddenly a portal, as green and as swirling as your grandfather's pools, opens up beneath your feet and sucks you through.

After an intense bout of vertigo, you end up in a massive, urban city -- completely different from the rural mountain palace that you lived in for the last six years of your life, and in this city, you don't know any of the language. You don't know what anyone is saying, you can't read any of the signs - you are completely stranded, away from home.

And then, to make things worse, you're facing a figure with a terrifying mask and eyes as burning green as the portal you fell through. Of course Damian's first instinct, six years old, is to attack. He's terrified.

And this figure, he's not a good fighter, but he's fast, and he dodges you quickly. He grabs your sword with his hands, and tries to restrain you, saying something in a language you don't know. Naturally, Damian is just scared. He's six! He'd just be learning how to read if he was normal child going to school.

This figure halfway through the fight yanks off his mask -- he realizes you're scared -- and looking at you now, is a youthful version of your father. This is a clone of your dad, someone you have never met but, six years old, still wants to. Damian gets defensive. This is an imposter.

But this imposter eventually gets you home with him - and he's using his little box, his phone, to communicate with you through a mechanical voice speaking in arabic. and it's frustrating. The boy, the imposter, can say whatever to you just fine, but trying to talk back is a hassle and a half. He's six, he doesn't have that much patience.

He wants to go home.

And so he keeps trying to run away. He keeps trying to find out of this hellish concrete jungle, and he keeps getting lost. It's loud, and busy, and there are people talking to you and you don't understand them, and there are rules and signs you don't understand - Damian tries to cross the street and nearly gets hit by a car. He doesn't know how the road signs work, he was never taught. They didn't get to that.

And he gets lost. And it gets dark, and Damian is brave, but he is six, and this is the worst stress he's been under in all his six years of life. He wants, desperately more than anything, to go home. Why wouldn't he? The only stable... semi-stable environment he was in just got ripped out from under his feet, literally! He wants his mother.

And it's not happening.

But there's something good to be said, at least. The imposter that looks like his father always comes and finds him, no matter what. He could have left that morning, and he will find Damian at midnight, frazzled and worried, and carrying an extra jacket with him because it is cold in Amity Park and Damian is six years old.

And sometimes Damian attacks him - he's scared and stressed and he doesn't want to be here. And every time he catches the sword. Even though Damian can see it cut into his hand and pearls of blood well up and stains his fingers. Even though Damian can see him wince in pain and bite his lip, he still catches it.

But with that little box, he coaxes Damian to come back with him. It's cold, it's dark, Amity Park is unsafe at night. They can figure something out tomorrow, please. And every time, he agrees, reluctantly. And the imposter takes the extra jacket he brought with -- a flannel, a hoodie, a jacket -- and he wraps it around him. It's warm, Damian's clothes are not that thick, and even though he thinks he might hate this imposter, he still sticks close to his legs as he leads him down the street.

And sometimes the imposter carries him, because Damian's shoes are not that thick, and he cuts his foot on broken glass while they're walking home. The imposter sits in the bathroom with him and carefully cleans the cut out, and makes sure it doesn't get infected.

There's hope you know, he still has it. His mother will be looking for him. She'll be worried. He's important to them. Damian may not be the original, but he is still a blood son. He is still her son. She will come find him. This nightmare will end soon. He can go home.

And then weeks pass, and nothing. Then months, and nothing. His family is not coming for him, and it hurts. Hurts more than anything. And yet while that happens, the boy he's attacked, and hurt, teaches himself arabic in order to speak to him. He takes Damian out of the house one afternoon and buys him new clothes, or tries to. And then he keeps buying him new clothes. He gives him blankets and gives up his bed to him until they can get him one himself, and steadily he teaches Damian english.

This boy is kind. Kinder than Damian's ever experienced, and he doesn't know what to do with it. He's devastated by the fact that he is not as important to his family as his family is to him. What do you do when you're six years old and you learn something like that? When a random stranger who looks like your father is kinder to you, and cares more about you than your family did?

And then Damian tells him he's a clone. He's Damian Wayne's clone, and he tells him his purpose - that their grandfather made him to kill him. And the boy, the imposter, Damian thinks he probably already knows that he's a clone. But he doesn't say that. He just nods, and asks him if he wants to tell his original about him.

Damian says no. He doesn't want to. He's tired of living in the shadow of his original. He wants to keep this to himself. This is his. For once, all of this is his.

And to his surprise, the imposter doesn't try and convince him otherwise. He just nods, and says okay. And when Damian asks why, the imposter - his brother - looks at him and says.

"I don't care about Damian Wayne. I care about you." And in Damian's gobsmacked silence, his brother continues. He tells him that if Damian doesn't want to tell his original that he exists, then they don't need to. They don't need to worry about the LoA going after him, because clearly if his 'grandfather' needs to make a clone of Damian in order to take him out, then whatever it was that Damian Wayne was doing to keep himself safe, was working.

"Wayne already has people in his corner, he's got Gotham's army of vigilantes to keep himself safe." his brother says with his eyes as blue as moonlight. "You, however. Do not." And he continues, and says that if Damian Wayne has the same training as Damian does, then he will be fine. He doesn't need to be aware of his clone. Because if DW doesn't know about Damian, then the LoA doesn't either.

And here's the thing. Damian would not have survived in the LoA for long. Not as a clone. No matter what, he was going to die no matter what he did, and sooner rather than later. The sword of Damocles was always hanging above his head in the League of Assassins.

That portal, and meeting Danny, saved his life. There's no way around it. And to an extent Damian knows this even at six years old. He may not be aware that he would've died, but he knows that meeting Danny was the best thing to happen to him.

It's no wonder after that, that Damian is as clingy to Danny as he is. Danny is the first person he's met to offer him unconditional love, with no strings attached, only pure affection.

#dpxdc #dp x dc #dp x dc crossover #dpdc #dpxdc crossover #clone^2 #like god can you imagine how scared he must've been? how afraid? he just wants his mom - only to realize he doesnt even matter to her #dpxdc au #danny fenton is not the ghost king #this poor kid man. no wonder he latched onto danny the moment he gave up on the league like a leech. he's a six year old kid man and #it doesnt matter how smart he is or how mature he acts. he still is six years old. he still needs that validation and affection from adults #or from people older than him. and his emotional needs were just not being met in the league.#cue the song “two” from sleeping at last - some of their songs are very clone^2 honestly.#'sweetheart you look a little tired. when did you last eat? come in and make yourself right at home. stay as long as you need.'#'tell me is something wrong? if something's wrong you can count on me'#'its okay if you can't find the words. let me take your coat and this weight off of your shoulders'#'like a force to be reckoned with. am i the ocean or a gentle kiss. i will love you with every single thing i have'#'like a tidal wave i'll make a mess. or calm waters if that serves you best'#'i will love you without any strings attached'#like just. just *imagine* being in damian's shoes during all of this. he's *six* you guys. i've worked with six year olds and they're #pretty independent but they're still six. they get excited when they see their parents and they get upset when an adult is angry with them.#they're still developing their motor skills. they're still developing everything else!

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spideysatan · 1 year

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It's okay if you can't catch your breath / you can take the oxygen straight out of my own chest

#sleeping at last #theres not a single line in this song that doesnt hurt and screams and its pain and it feels too much #fUck #like 'i will love you with every single thing i have / like a tidal wave i'll make a mess #/ or calm waters if that serves you best / i will love you without any strings attached'#LIKE WTF MAN #you cant just sing this things like that #jfc #it doesnt matter how happy i am i will always cry with this song #it just.... idk.. its just that kind of thjng you want idk #🎵#heartbreak hours

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pillowspace · 2 years

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DCA Inktober @ronithesnail | Day 7 - Mermaid

Like a tidal wave, I'll make a mess. Or calm waters if that serves you best

(Two by Sleeping at Last)

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8 | Day 9

#pillowspace art #sundrop #fnaf sun #fnaf daycare attendant #five nights at freddy's security breach #fnafsb #sun fnaf #sun x y/n #sun x you #fanart #dca inktober #dcatober #mersun #mermay #sorta #mer sun #mer au #suddenly shy about posting this and to that i say: fukc it we ball

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eyesofshan-if · 4 months

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Hi, I hope you are doing well. Could you please tell us the enneagrams of the Ros. Thanks in advance.

i think i've answered this before, but now that there are new ROs i'll include their answers, with some explanation about their character motivations!! this is more of a personal character study than anything coherent, so feel free to skip it all!! mightttt contain some spoilers for the characters' routes

hansol: two

hansol is a textbook example of an enneagram 2. the key motivation behind most of his actions is to feel wanted or needed by others. he derives meaning and purpose from life from how 'useful' or 'helpful' he is to the society he belongs to, and much of the way he views the world is in related to that. he lives to serve: his country, his family, and you.

"Like a force to be reckoned with A mighty ocean or a gentle kiss I will love you with every single thing I have Like a tidal wave, I'll make a mess Or calm waters, if that serves you best I will love you without any strings attached."

yongsun: nine

enneagram type 9s are called the peacemakers, but not necessarily because they are pacifists. yongsun is one of those devoted to seeking peace, both internal and external. however, while most others would simply come to peace with the chaos and troubles of the world, they were born into a unique position that gives them the power to make the necessary changes to achieve that desired peace.

"It looks like empathy To understand all sides But I'm just trying to find myself Through someone else's eyes."

wooyoung: seven

enneagram sevens fear being deprived and need to have their desires for freedom and fresh experiences fulfilled. still, this comes with a tendency to uproot themselves far too easily and often, leaving those they care about behind. wooyoung finds it difficult to settle anywhere, wanting all the new experiences, the new friends, everything — and fears getting too attached to anything too strongly. perhaps you will be the one to change that, commander.

"It feels like sinking when I'm standing in one place So I look to the future and I book another flight When everything feels heavy, I've learned to travel light."

raon: four

out of everything, raon fears mediocrity the most — to fade into obscurity like the rest of the women in her life did. there is no space for women in the male-dominated spaces of hae, yet the contributions of females in households — the foundation of every haeian's life — often go overlooked. after seeing this happen, raon refuses to let the same happen to her as well. enneagram fours have a strong desire to forge a unique identity that has significance.

"Flashlight in hand determined to find Authenticity only poetry could even begin to try to describe Bodies fashioned out of dirt and dust For a moment we get to be glorious."

no-eul: eight

although the oldest of the ros, no-eul has the most childish and simplistic heart. they do things as they desire without consideration of of much else. eights feel the need to prove their strength, to demonstrate their importance, to dominate wherever they are — yet all this is done with the strangely vulnerable motivation of not wanting to be hurt by others.

"I was just a kid who grew up strong enough To pick this armor up And suddenly it fit."

????: one

enneagram ones strive to be always be right, beyond criticism, and no one believes that more than the herald of change. it does not matter that they actively pursue a vision that only a madman would dare to dream of. to rebel against the natural order, to crush the status quo under their feet. the high leader will stop at nothing to make those softly whispered childhood dreams a reality, even if they have to declare war against the entire world to do it.

"Now hold on, let me finish No, I'm not saying perfect exists in this life But we'll only know for certain if we try."

#asks #hansol #yongsun #wooyoung #raon #noeul #????#o: wooyoung's letters

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alto-tries · 1 year

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Like a tidal wave, I'll make a mess Or calm waters, if that serves you best I will love you without any strings attached

Inspired by the song Two by Sleeping At Last, the song is them and it makes me cry <3

#i love them so much #they mean everything to me #jrwi #jrwi riptide #jrwi podcast #jrwi fanart #jrwi edyn #jrwi gillion #edyn tidestrider #gillion tidestrider #edyn jrwi #gillion jrwi

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disenchantedif · 1 year

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Forget the soldier poet king alignment, which Enneagram song by Sleeping At Last do the ros most relate to?

One

Now, I have learned my lesson, the price of this so called perfection is everything. I've spent my whole life searching desperately, to find out that grace requires nothing of me.

Amri Singh.

Two

Like a tidal wave, I'll make a mess; or calm waters, if that serves you best. I will love you without any strings attached.

Viktor Orlov & Charlie Ortiz.

Three

I finally see myself, unabridged and overwhelmed. A mess of a story I'm ashamed to tell, but I'm slowly learning how to break this spell. And I finally see myself…

Luci Rivera.

Four

Maybe I'm hiding behind metaphor, maybe my heart needs to break to be sure. One day, I'll wear it all on my sleeve, the insignificant with the sacred unique.

Penelope Eliades.

Five

A white flag waves in the dark between my head and my heart, my armour falls apart. As if I could let myself be seen, even deeply known, like I was already brave enough to let go.

Harlow Mitchell.

Six

What would it feel like to put this baggage down? If I'm being honest, I'm not sure I'd know how. I want to take shelter, but I'm ready, ready to fight.

Avery Monroe

Seven

When everything feels heavy, I've learned to travel light. But I want to be here, truly be here, to watch the ones that I love bloom.

Theo Parker.

Eight

I'll give all I have, I'll give my blood, give my sweat, an ocean of tears will spill for what is broken. I'm shattered porcelain, glued back together again, invincible like I've never been.

The Wraith.

Nine

Choked up, I realize; I've been less than half myself for more than half my life.

Cameron Fletcher.

#answered asks #luci rivera #theo parker #viktor orlov #cameron fletcher #??? (the wraith)#avery monroe #penny eliades #charlie ortiz #penelope eliades #amri singh

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judas-redeemed · 1 year

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in 2019 sleeping at last released a song called two and i have never recovered since. how could i, when "you know i'll take my heart clean apart, if it helps yours beat" and "like a tidal wave we'll make a mess, or calm waters if that serves you best, i will love you without any strings attached" and "it's okay if you can't catch your breath, you can take the oxygen straight out of my own chest" and "no i dont wanna talk about myself, tell me where it hurts, just wanna build you up, build you up, til you're good as new, and maybe one day i will get around to fixing myself too" and "what a privilege it is to love, a great honor to hold you up" and "i will love you with every single thing i have." acts of service bitches look this song up right fuckin now.

#judas talks #music #sleeping at last #two sleeping at last #acts of service #selflessness as a sickness #enneagram #enneagram 2 #Spotify

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m00nl1ght-sun25 · 4 months

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Percy Jackson is so sleeping at last coded

LITERALLY LYRICS FROM TWO

“Like a force to be reckoned with A mighty ocean or a gentle kiss I will love you with every single thing I have Like a tidal wave, I'll make a mess Or calm waters, if that serves you best I will love you without any strings attached”

LIKE TELL ME THAT ISNT PERCY

”Pitch black, pale blue These wild oceans shake what's left of me loose Just to hear me cry mercy The strong wind at my back So I'll lift up the only sail that I have This tired white flag (White flag)” - lyrics from Neptune

”You are so much more than your father's son You are so much more than what I've became Long before you were born there was light Hidden deep in these young, unfamiliar eyes A million choices, though little on their own Become the heirloom of the heaviness you've known” - lyrics from Heirloom

LIKE AAAAA THSE ARE SO PERCY AJDHJDHSJ

… also like I love sleeping at last am I rlly do, but I've only like to the Atlas albums… 😭 I need a listen to the rest but ajehdhdhdh I love the Atlas alumbs, theys're o pretty

#sleeping at last #Ryan O'Neal #percy jackson #pjo series #percy jackon and the olympians #heros of olympus

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starfallpod · 3 months

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Two by Sleeping At Last

🎵Like a tidal wave I'll make a mess Or calm waters if that serves you best I will love you without any strings attached🎵

Look - enneagram and MBTI and other personality type things are all kind of a big nothing for actually determining something about a person. BUT, Enneagram the album by Sleeping At last, as nine solid songs based on the narratives of different perceived personality types, is A+ material for character playlists. There’s a few songs from the album on this playlist, but Two is so very Fel-coded - someone so intent on taking care of others, whether that’s by being courageous enough to fight for them or giving them the gentleness they need.

#Starfall Music Activity

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raayllum · 7 months

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have you heard the song “Two” by Sleeping at Last

it’s very pretty and is very angsty rayllum coded 👌

(I actually wore one of my two sleeping at last shirts today so <3)

Yes I do know Two!! It's actually my enneagram type and the one I've given to Callum (with Ezran, Viren, Rayla, Harrow, and Soren also outfitted to others). I wrote a Rayllum oneshot a few years ago called "a mighty ocean or a gentle kiss," although I never once dreamed the song would fit Callum / his dynamic with Ez and Rayla (and Aaravos) so well someday!

You know I'll take my heart clean apart if it helps yours beat It's okay if you can't find the words Let me take your coat And this weight off of your shoulders Like a force to be reckoned with A mighty ocean or a gentle kiss I will love you with every single thing I have Like a tidal wave, I'll make a mess Or calm waters, if that serves you best I will love you without any strings attached It's okay if you can't catch your breath You can take the oxygen straight out of my own chest I know exactly how the rule goes Put my mask on first No, I don't want to talk about myself Tell me where it hurts I just want to build you up, build you up Till you're good as new And maybe one day I will get around to fixing myself too

#sleeping at last #the 'you have to put your mask on first' has always been one of my fave metaphors so i was thrilled when #it showed up in my enneagram song tbh #rayllum #tdp callum #afishes

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silverwashi · 1 year

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Two by sleeping at last is Poseidon kid!Nicos’ anthem.

Like a force to be reckoned with

A mighty ocean or a gentle kiss

I will love you with every single thing I have

Like a tidal wave, I'll make a mess

Or calm waters, if that serves you best

I will love you without any strings attached

Yeah that’s so Nico talking to Hades kid! Percy. It’s Percy too actually. The both of them would give the other anything they needed.

“I’ll love you exactly like you want me to.” And that’s it. That’s them.

#godswapped!percico #hades kid!percy #Poseidon kid!nico #percico

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waehles · 27 days

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I know exactly how the rule goes Put my mask on first No, I don't want to talk about myself Tell me where it hurts I just want to build you up, build you up Till you're good as new And maybe one day I will get around to fixing myself too

I don't even know where to start Already tired of trying to recall when it all fell apart I just want to love you, to love you, to love you well I just want to learn how, somehow, to be loved myself

Like a force to be reckoned with A mighty ocean or a gentle kiss I will love you without any strings attached And what a privilege it is to love A great honour to hold you up

Like a force to be reckoned with A mighty ocean or a gentle kiss I will love you with every single thing I have Like a tidal wave, I'll make a mess Or calm waters if that serves you best I will love you without any strings attached

#𝐢𝐱. musings #✦ music #Spotify

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floripire · 6 months

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@troubleah references seven as a leah song (which is so true) and then i went looking for flori songs and i think that two might be hers: "you know i'll take my heart clean apart if it helps yours beat" & "it's okay if you can't find the words, let me take this coat and this weight off your shoulders" & "it's a force to be reckoned with, a mighty ocean or a gentle kiss, i will love you with every single thing i have." & "like a tidal wave, i'll make a mess or calm waters if that serves you best" but also: "i know exactly how the rule goes, put my mask on first - no, i don't want to talk about myself; tell me where it hurts." & "i just want to build you up, build you up 'til you're good as new, and maybe one day, i'll get around to fixing myself too." & "i just want to love you, to love you, to love you well. i just want to learn how, somehow, to be loved myself." & "what a privilege it is to love, a great honor to hold you up" and if this is not the most flori thing to ever be a flori thing, i don't know what is.

#//i'm going to cry this is just flori in one song #//this is also ud in one song iykyk #ooc.#queue.

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moondustinfj · 1 year

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Marauders - Enneagram

Remus Lupin: 9

"Still, I check my vital signs/ Choked up, I realize/ I have been less than half myself, for more than half my life

It looks like emphaty, to understand all the sides/ But I'm just trying to find myself, through someone else's eyes

Wake up, roll up your sleeves/ There is a chain reaction in your heart/ Muscle memory/ Remembering who you are

We were born to try/ To see each other through/ To know and love ourselves and others well/ Is the most difficult and meaningful work we'll ever do"

Sirius Black: 8

"I remember the minute/It was like a switch was flipped/ I was just a kid who grew up strong enough/ To pick this armor up/ And suddenly it fit

God that was so long ago, long ago, long ago/ I was little, I was weak, I was perfectly naive/ And I grew up too quick

When I see fragile things, helpless things, broken things/ I see the familiar/ I was little, I was weak, I was perfect too/ Now I'm a broken mirror

Here I am, pry me open/ What do you want to know/ I'm just a kid who grew up scared enough/ To hold the door shut and bury my innocence/ But here's a map, here's a shovel/ Here's my Achilles' heel"

Regulus Black: 3

"Maybe I've done enough/ Your golden child grew up/ Maybe this trophy isn't real love/ And with or without it I'm good enough

I finally see myself/ Unabridged and overwhelmed/ A mess of a story I'm ashamed to tell/ I'm slowly learning how to break this spell

I only want what's real/ Set aside the highlight reel/ And leave my greatest failures on display/ Worthy of love, anyway "

James Potter: 7

" How nice it'd be/ If we could try everything/ I'm serious, let's make a list and just began/ What about danger/ So what/ What about risk/ Let's climb this mountain before we cross that bridge

How wonderful to see a smile on your face/ It costs farewell tears for a welcome home parade/ A secret handshake between me and my one life/ I'll find the silver lining no matter what the cost

But I want to be here/ Truly be here/ To watch the ones I love bloom/ And I want to make room/ To love them through and through and through and through/ The slow and barren seasons too

I feel hope/ Deep in my bones/ Tomorrow will be beautiful "

Lily Evans: 2

"Sweetheart, you look a little tired/ When did you last eat/ Come in and make yourself right at home/ Stay as long as you need/ Tell me, is something wrong/ If something's wrong, you can count on me

I know exactly how the rule goes/ Put my mask on first/ No I don't want to talk about myself/ Tell me where it hurts/ I just want to build you up, build you up/ Till you're good as new/ And maybe one day I will get around to fixing myself too

Like a force to be reckoned with/ A mighty ocean or a gentle kiss/ I will love you with every single thing that I have/ Like a tidal wave I'll make a mess/ Or calm waters if that serves you best/ I will love you without any strings attached/ I will love you without a single string attached"

Peter Pettigrew: 6

" Oh God I'm so tired/ Of being afraid

I want to take shelter/ But I'm ready, ready to fight/ Somewhere in the middle, I feel a little paralyzed/ Maybe I'm stronger than i realize

And no matter what/ Somehow we'll be okay

Don't be afraid"

Sleeping at last - Enneagram

#marauders #sleeping at last #music lyrics #enneagram #remus lupin #sirius black #james potter #lily evans #regulus black #peter pettigrew #wolfstar #jily #jegulus #moonchaser #james and sirius #remus and lily #remus and regulus #remus and james

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