{ s u m m a r y }
She promised she wouldn’t let him get too close. She promised she’d never let it become too much. However, promises were made to be broken, and hers were no exceptions. He’d given her his heart when she couldn’t accept it. For how could she take his heart when she was struggling to hold the shards of her own?
Finn had never wanted to break Bey, but break him she did. Now she was left picking up the pieces to put them away where they’d never be found again.
(an addition to you & i)
{ e p i g r a p h }
But I could never rescue you814Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIjolhVfSaD
No matter how hard I tried.814Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz8vdMk1zKm
All I could do was love you hard814Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXkCZd7ENRj
And let you go.
{“Goodbye Until Tomorrow/I Could Never Rescue You,” The Last Five Years, Jason Robert Brown}
{ d e d i c a t i o n }
To the ones who are thought to be heartless simply because their hearts are shards that they can’t pick up in fear of being cut. Don’t let anyone pressure you into giving up any part of you before you are ready.
{ a c k n o w l e d g m e n t s }
Shoutout to God for—well, everything. And to The Sam Willows for their really chill song “All Time High” (which you should definitely check out) that led me to the musical The Last Five Years by Jason Robert Brown and inspired this short story.
{ w a r n i n g }
» abortion mention814Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJTYn2oGNxO
» drinking is bad for you kids814Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDn9WCCEcfB
» sexual themes (such as casual sex and rape; note that I do not condone rape in any way, shape, or form, but I am trying to tell the story from my character’s perspective, so there isn’t a clear anti-rape message)814Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGs1sk9RzTW
» spoilers for you & i (honestly, this short might not make sense without reading the original story)814Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiF98qVj0Zo
» sunken ships
{ p r e f a c e }
This… honestly was never supposed to happen. I meant to leave Finn as simply an ideal that faded and a girl that was misunderstood. She was never really supposed to be fully redeemed or explained because Beyond never really let her be anything but a paragon that failed to meet his expectations in the end. I, of course, knew Finn, but I was content with being the only one.
However, I was listening to the song “All Time High” (mentioned in the acknowledgments) and found The Last Five Years (also aforementioned) and realized that having the other person tell the story from end to beginning is actually super cool and is something I’d love to try. I already had the title “At Odd Hours” tucked away as an idea I’d actually had around the time I’d begun planning you & i. I’d shelved it because it was basically the same idea as you & i:
{ s p o i l e r // y o u & i }
a couple falling apart. I seem to have a knack for sinking ships. It worked out, though, considering I get to use my vague idea without having to worry about having the same story as you & i (if only because it is the same story, just from a different perspective).
But I’ll just let you get the story over with now.
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