✶ ࣪˖࿐ * now i know what it feels like to want to go outside, like the shape of my outline
maeve graham has spent most of her life learning how to keep going. between early mornings at the rink, impossible expectations, and a last name everyone at br...
SOMETHING TO LOSE . . . ! an off campus story ────────────
" watched the world from the sidelines...
...had nothing to prove...
...'til you came into my life...
...gave me something to lose "
— phoebe bridgers
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MAEVE GRAHAM
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Maeve Graham has spent most of her life being good at pretending things don't bother her.
She's good at a lot of things, actually.
Figure skating. Books. Cleaning when she's anxious. Beating Garrett at cards and reminding him about it for weeks. Getting back up.
She's especially good at getting back up.
Now she's finally at Briar with her brother, living in an apartment with her best friend, and far enough away from home that she can almost convince herself the worst parts of her life are behind her.
All she has to do is keep it that way.
Go to practice.
Go to class.
Call Garrett back.
Drink an unreasonable amount of iced coffee.
Pretend she isn't terrified of disappointing everyone.
Pretend she doesn't still flinch when doors slam.
Pretend there aren't some things even Garrett doesn't know.
