Summer1977
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There’s this moment just before. When your chair tips, or you miss the last step of the stairs. Your stomach twisting, pupils dilating, hands coming out to catch yourself. A moment in which time seems to slow down, when you look down at the ground and you realize you’re helpless to stop it. No matter what you do, no matter how hard you’ll fight it, gravity will win. And you want to fight it, oh, yes, you do, but even the most stubborn people in the world have to admit at some point that they’ve lost this time. There’s nothing to do but accept it. To stop the fight and brace yourself instead.
Slowly, and then all at once, time rushes back.
And you fall.
Alternatively titled: Regulus Black and the mortifying ordeal of falling in love.
Bookmarked by Summer1977
22 Oct 2025