you ever just feel that weird ache when someone asks you to do something and it just HITS you weird?? like my dad asked me to fix this old machine he built when he was a foreman back in the day and it just— idk. you just wanna make them proud but also like... it’s just a machine. but it’s not just a machine. you know? that feeling of like, wanting to be your own person but also being exactly what they expect. UGH. it’s 2am why am i thinking about this.
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