There Are Times When The Kindness Of Strangers Only Makes Things Worse Because One Realizes How Badly

“There are times when the kindness of strangers only makes things worse because one realizes how badly one is in need of kindness and that the only source is a stranger.”

— Nicole Krauss

“You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

evan and gregory,, no relation :^)

redid my pinned graphics because I literally hated it okay thanks <3

@bravevolunteer asked: ‘ heart ’ for a caring starter (michael caring about this lil shit even though he’s bad at communicating more likely than you think) / * mini starter call

★ — It's been a couple of months since the night at the pizzaplex, since Michael took him in ( from stranger to guardian in the span of six hours, yet still more time than the majority of his foster parents ), and while things have been far from perfect .... it's been nice. Michael cared, which is far more than Gregory can say for most of his previous guardians.

"Hey —,"

He tugs at Michael's sleeve, a quick touch just to get his attention. There's something that's almost anxiety settling in the back of his throat ( despite living together, their guarded personalities kept them from talking about .... well, anything about themselves really ) but he pushes past it with little hesitation.

"What's your favorite movie?"

an atom’s way of looking at itself,

its own way of making people disappear. With the lights out, it’s less dangerous— I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead.

— Shelley Puhak, from "portrait of the twentieth century as a plagiarist: a cento," Harbinger