i'm just smiling, pretending my chest doesn't feel like it's been stabbed with a dull knife, singing so that the vibrations ease the tightness and helping regulate my breathing/heartrate. what can i do, hahahahaha, i'm not hiding my pain, it's excruciating, and i'm barely managing to cope, but i believe in my partner for some reason, and trust them to come back.

unless if they're dead, then the knife will be real