I stopped chasing the approval

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[This time around, I offer the option of playing in the Revenir!verse by indicating such in the comment header.]

I) It's like a puppy that we have to take care of at all times or else they'll get sad, lonely, and chew on the furniture.
And by 'chew on the furniture', I mean have anonymous sex.

II) Let me just say... I'm sorry about setting your carpet on fire. I had no idea that the paper towel would burn that quickly.

III) There's a stripper banging on the door demanding to see you.

IV) He thought he was parachuting out of a plane... talk about a bad trip.

V) I felt like I crashed a wedding. Everyone was dressed so nice and I was covered in actual dirt and a little blood.

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ARID advises: Humans are diurnal. It is currently 0347 hours. Go to sleep. Do not make me come for you.

Eddie answers: I'm a vigilante. I'm cathemeral.

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"Once." Eddie looks away, and takes a steadying breath. "There was another time that I thought... but what I went through with that one wasn't love."

'That one' is said with loathing. There's a story there, but Eddie isn't sure if he'll share it.