2. Just Another Day, Just Another Fantasy
stella
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Eli Rivers (MC)
*Yawning* Okay… alive again. Barely.
Room’s cold. Hoodie on. Same one. Still smells like lavender and sleep.
Eli Rivers (MC)
What’s the point of making the bed if I’m just coming back to it alone?
Eli Rivers (MC)
…God, I sound tragic.
Something brushes my ankle.
Eli Rivers (MC)
*soft* Oh. Morning, Gremlin.
She chirps — judgy — then jumps to the windowsill like she owns the place.
Eli Rivers (MC)
*To her* You sleep better than I do, you spoiled furball.
She ignores me. Watches the rain. Apocalypse or breakfast. Same thing.
Mirror. I pass it. Don’t look.
Eli Rivers (MC)
Let’s not ruin the mood with my face, yeah?
Phone buzz. One text. Mom.
Eli's mom
"Call your aunt. She’s dying. Of boredom"📲
Eli Rivers (MC)
*flat* Hilarious
Gremlin headbutts my leg.
Eli Rivers (MC)
Right. Food. Got it.
She eats like I’ve starved her.
Bus stop. Rain. No umbrella.
Girl with a pink one edges closer. Doesn’t share.
Eli Rivers (MC)
*In my head* I like being drenched. Its dramatic.
Campus. Walking slowly . Earbuds in. No music.
Eli Rivers (MC)
*Murmuring* Don't make eye contact. Don't trip. Don't breathe too loud.
Someone laughs near the vending machine. Not at me. Still flinch anyway.
Professor
Eli. Answer number four?
I blink. Didn’t hear the question.
Eli Rivers (MC)
*out loud* ...C?
Professor
…That’s… not a multiple-choice question.
Eli Rivers (MC)
Right. Sorry. I was just… thinking.
Class snickers. I stare down at my hands.
Eli Rivers (MC)
*in my head* Okay. So I humiliated myself. Again.
Eli Rivers (MC)
What’s new?
Cafeteria. I sit alone in the far corner.
Eli Rivers (MC)
*To my tray* You and me, huh? No one else.
I scroll through fanfics on my phone. Again.
Eli Rivers (MC)
*Grinning* Oh my god. New chapter? Finally—
Title: “Mine, Even If You Scream.”
Eli Rivers (MC)
Yes. Ruin him. Break him. Love him anyway.
I rest my chin on my hand.
Eli Rivers (MC)
…Wish someone wanted me like that.
I pick up a novel with a dark cover.
Eli Rivers (MC)
*reading out loud* He chained him not to punish… but to keep him from leaving.
Eli Rivers (MC)
*Sighing* God, why is that hot?
The guy at the counter glances at me. I pretend I didn’t say anything.
Walk home. Hoodie soaked. Cold wind. Still no umbrella.
Eli Rivers (MC)
You’re killing it today, Eli. Absolute star of the sad boy show.
I pause outside my building.
That feeling again. Back of the neck. Spine stiff. Eyes burning.
Eli Rivers (MC)
....Hello?
Eli Rivers (MC)
Yeah. Thought so.
I take longer unlocking the door. Just in case.Inside. Door clicks shut.Gremlin trots over, tail in the air.
Eli Rivers (MC)
*Kneeling, rubbing her ears* At least you missed me. Or my hands. Hard to tell.
She purrs. Not loudly. Just enough.
Eli Rivers (MC)
*To the dark* I wouldn’t mind if someone followed me.
*Sinking into the couch, Gremlin hopping up beside me*
Eli Rivers (MC)
…I’d let them in, if they knocked.
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Comments
••═╬✦☬𝕷𝖔𝖓𝖊 𝖗𝖞𝖉𝖊𝖗™☾☬✦
Hide ur cat woman, u better hide that cat- U know what, I'm stealing this🚶
2025-07-12
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𝐑𝐇𝐘𝐒
Not dramatic, just peaceful in its own way.......
2025-07-11
2
~⋆♱𝒦𝒶𝓉𝓁𝓎𝓃𝓃── .✦
Yoshh it was a long chapterr
2025-07-11
2