Substitute Illusion

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Tristan for

ecame a stand-in fo

t I was a bird

guessed that this

in Tristan's chest original

My ear was pressed tightly against his chest, and in the quiet of the nigh

ce to resemble his first love, his "white moonlight." I meticulously mimicked her every expression a

n front of me and taken away by the arriving medical team. When I ru

compromising my dignity. Eventually, I discovered the truth: Rory was dead, and his

ristan's office, signed by Rory agreeing to donate his heart, and I recognized Rory's signat

for the truth of that year, bu

r the years, Tristan had treated me well, but I knew

tures, I often felt as if I were back in the days when Rory was still alive. But I was clear-

e pulled all-nighters for work or came home drunk from social events, I would frow

happen again. The warmth in his eyes often mirrored the gentle gaze of Rory in my mem

se chaotic thoughts. Even if he did love me, what

er the truth behind Rory's death and