books read in 2020 →the dream thieves, by maggie stiefvater (2013)
“You don’t have to do this,“ Ronan said. “There isn’t anything else, man.” “There’s reality.” Kavinsky laughed the word. “Reality! Reality’s what other people dream for you.” “Reality’s where other people are,” Ronan replied. He stretched out his arms. “What’s here, K? Nothing! No one!” “Just us.”
Though Blue felt that Noah must’ve been the one to write the first word on the glass, in her head she had pictured him having a body while he did it… On the glass, the word took shape. MURDERED. It began another word. There was not enough space left between the D and the new word, and so the second word partially obliterated the first. MURDERED. And again, again, again, across each other. MURDERED. MURDERED. MURDERED. The writing continued until the driver’s side glass was clear, entirely swept clean by an invisible finger, until there were so many words that none of them could be read. Until it was only a window into an empty car with the memory of a burger on the passenger seat… Stepping forward, leaning over the hood of the car, Ronan pressed his finger to the windshield, and while they watched, he wrote: REMEMBERED.
Summary: Adam Parrish never planned to make a deal with the devil in the summer of his Junior year of high school. Break the heart of Aglionby’s most notorious bad boy, Ronan Lynch, at the End of Summer Party in exchange for five grand and a date with the girl he’s been pining over since Freshman year. What could go wrong?
“Ronan says “I Love You” before Adam does. Adam has a hard time saying it back, to his surprise. With a past like his, will he ever be able to?‘
“And yet, when Ronan uttered the words to him as they laid in the open field at the Barns, surrounded by the silent dream cattle, watching the fireflies brewing their magic in the long grass like a universe of tiny suns, Adam could only stare up. Ronan wasn’t looking at him. And yet, Adam could feel Ronan’s eyes on him all the same. His gnashing teeth, his rough hands that ran with surprising tenderness down Adam’s body, his knife-sharp eyes, his quirking, unrelenting smile. Adam felt Ronan all at once because Ronan didn’t know how to exist except all at once. He was everything all the time. And that was one of the many reasons Adam loved him back. And still, he could not say the words back.”
i would like to see ronan and blue play tennis please. both have anger issues but in different ways and they would totally shit talk nonstop. so entertaining. adam and gansey dress up as cheerleaders.
Consistent art style? I don’t know her. All jokes aside, I’m actually super happy with how this piece turned out! It’s pretty far off from how I usually draw but I really like it.
Commissions open! PM me for details!
[ID: a color pencil styled digital drawing of a pair of hands reaching upwards. Floating between the hands is a small glass jar labeled “manibus”. END ID]
