Valentina // A dream dirty and bruised is better than no dream at all. Semi-hiatus
The greatest changes in history have come when people were able to shake off what others told them to do.
[…] That girl in Russia had nothing in common with the one in Palm Springs.
Was I so cold, that I’d spend my life never feeling anything?
character posters » sydney sage
Out of old habit, I put my hand on my collarbone, touching a cross that was no longer there. “Don’t let them change me”, I prayed silently. “Let me keep my mind. Let me endure whatever there is to come”.
favorite characters: sydney sage ♡ You don’t know the first thing about me. I fight back plenty.
favorite characters: adrian ivashkov ♡ I tried to be a better person for her– but it was to impress her, to get her to want me. But when I’m around you, I want to be better because… well, because it feels right. Because I want to. You make me want to become something greater than myself. I want to excel. You inspire me in every act, every word, every glance. I look at you, and you’re like… like light made into flesh. […] You have no clue how beautiful you are or how brightly you shine.
sydney sage & adrian ivashkov —
no torture i’d faced the last few months came close to matching the terror i felt at the thought of losing him. everything i’d fought for, every challenge, every victory… all of it was empty if anything happened to him.
without him, i wouldn’t have had the courage to become the person i was. without him, i wouldn’t have realized what it truly was to live and love life.
character posters » sydney sage
Out of old habit, I put my hand on my collarbone, touching a cross that was no longer there. “Don’t let them change me”, I prayed silently. “Let me keep my mind. Let me endure whatever there is to come”.
“My God, Sage. Your eyes. How have I never noticed them?“
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