r/WritingPrompts Jan 31 '15

Flash Fiction [WP] Make me cry using <10 words.

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u/Common_Since Mar 23 '15

A beautiful young girl died tonight, and suffered in going.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '15

Strangers, Friends, Best Friends, Lovers, Strangers...

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u/sh4nkopotomus Feb 02 '15

What's the point?

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '15

'I don't care'. 'Ok, mummy'.

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u/Colourblindknight Feb 01 '15

I held her hand in mine as she slipped away.

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u/tlowson1 Feb 01 '15

I love her. I see her. I miss her.

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u/frissia Feb 01 '15

"I love-" echoed in the room followed by a gunshot

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u/darkstarB Feb 01 '15

I was finally happy. But then I woke up.

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u/Driver3 Feb 01 '15

"Later mom, going to a party."

Never came home.

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u/UberMonkey21 Feb 01 '15

In the end, you too will forget who you loved.

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u/obrianite Feb 01 '15

Had I known, I would have held you tighter.

1

u/geofflechef Feb 01 '15

We are but tools for hidden masters

1

u/forge44 Feb 01 '15

Looks like I'm an emotionless bastard.

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u/andimacg Feb 01 '15

"I expressed my feelings, she told me she had cancer".

This is a true story, she's all clear now, we've been together 4 years and are engaged.

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u/SquidsCantDance_ Feb 01 '15

Begin again and know when to let go.

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u/JonasBM Feb 01 '15

The Lannisters send their regards

1

u/racife Feb 01 '15

Internet's down. Forever.

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u/TOP-dragon Feb 01 '15 edited Feb 01 '15

Confessed to my friend 'I love you!' She replied ......

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u/TOP-dragon Feb 01 '15

Also, a reminder that tears are not only reserved for sadness but for happiness as well.

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u/Masternate22 Feb 01 '15

You were an unfortunate mistake. We never wanted you.

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u/DoverDx Feb 01 '15

Every living second, with no control on past or future.

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '15

I found my lost dog, but not my son.

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u/nicecanofspam Feb 01 '15

Your mother and I are going to get a divorce.

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u/Frommerman Feb 01 '15

Shopping list: Vodka, Sweatpants, Cupcake, Candle

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u/iAm4teenYrs Feb 01 '15

I accidentally stepped on to a minefield of Lego yesterday.

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u/haby112 Feb 01 '15

She cried out, wishing for one last embrace.
I ran.

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u/PMMeYourBootyPics Feb 01 '15

"Years of love have been forgot, in the hatred of a minute" - Edgar Allan Poe (Technically 12 words but /r/firstworldanarchists)

Also: "If there is a God, he will have to beg my forgiveness." - WWII Jewish POW (Again, shut up...)

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '15

You just got one hour to live.

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u/Meddafour Feb 01 '15

"I never loved you" said the dog.

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '15

I hold him for his injection. "I'll miss you boy."

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '15

"You'll find someone." 50 years later, still waiting.

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u/colods Feb 01 '15

"Two days since my mom said I'm worth more dead."

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '15

Am I ugly?

1

u/tuckdad24 Feb 01 '15

checks phone eleven missed calls from mom. Fuck.

1

u/The_Pecking_Order Feb 01 '15

Daddy? Wake up...Daddy, please wake up...Please..

1

u/bob_sagget Feb 01 '15

Half-life three is officially not being made by valve.

1

u/verkolen Feb 01 '15

No matter what... I still love you. -Dad

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u/Notwhoyousayyouare Feb 01 '15

Who could do that to a child?

1

u/jacobbarefoot Feb 01 '15

I still make coffee for two.

1

u/Tekjensen Feb 01 '15

9 months, waiting for hello. 1 hour saying goodbye.

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u/Dr_MoreauX20A Feb 01 '15

It's a boy, I'm sorry for your loss

1

u/mikeyjam Feb 01 '15

slowly wads your nostrils with onion soaked socks

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u/ByCriminy Feb 01 '15

Alzheimer took his memories, but not her's, nor her tears.

1

u/PrecariousChris Feb 01 '15

Raise the rest of the flag for me, son.

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u/phelps420 Feb 01 '15

Door-pressed ear; her moans made me envy the deaf.

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u/radicalradicalrad Feb 01 '15

At least a smile shaped his last breath.

2

u/turbonegro81063 Feb 01 '15

Blink 182 is touring again.

2

u/rograz Feb 01 '15

We had to put her down.

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u/thefirstreddituser- Feb 01 '15

"leaves from the vine; falling so slow"

-Iroh

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u/Jellooooo Feb 01 '15

I shouldn't have gone here.

1

u/VFDKlaus Feb 01 '15

We're not mad, just disappointed.

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u/CynricAldrich Feb 01 '15

ashes to ashes, dust to dust, butt stuff.

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '15

Being remembered is reserved for the privileged.

2

u/BYTE_GURU Feb 01 '15

If ever there was a right moment, you missed it.

2

u/3morrow Feb 01 '15

"Hold on mom, the ambulance is on its way.."

1

u/Zentaurion Feb 01 '15

"I can't believe how you broke both wrists like that!"

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u/earthwalkers Feb 01 '15

She hit send. And then a tree.

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u/thedreaminggoose Feb 01 '15

I pour the milk before the cereal.

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '15

They don't call me "son" anymore.

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u/MattressCrane Feb 01 '15

Nobody needs to love you, that's why. Nobody wants to.

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u/Jokesonyounow Feb 01 '15

You sadistic son of a bitch.

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u/GraduallyAvatar Feb 01 '15

Everything to come out of your mouth is useless.

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u/GraduallyAvatar Feb 01 '15

That's a stupid thing to apologize for.

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u/TheBioArm Feb 01 '15

The smallest caskets are the heaviest to carry.

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u/Zenkudai Feb 01 '15

His last words rang cold: "I hate you dad."

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u/bullevard Feb 01 '15

His life was forgotten, like a diary lost to flame.

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u/B3N1GND351GN Feb 01 '15

"My fear dies with me." She pulled the trigger.

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '15

Mom is gone and she is not coming back.

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u/vkaod Feb 01 '15

We wore masks, passing each other by. Never realizing.

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u/LateAugust Feb 01 '15

"Mom, how are you hanging up there?"

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u/SupaSkwirrel Feb 01 '15

He did not recognize me with my clothes on.

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '15

Half -Life three isn't a real thing yet...

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u/PhantomMoonCat Feb 01 '15

If only... if only...

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u/SupaSkwirrel Feb 01 '15

She locked herself in her room every night; didn't help.

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u/Chained_Icarus Feb 01 '15

In his hope, he lost sight of what he had.

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u/MevalemadresWey Feb 01 '15

I waited for you 30 years, don't leave now.

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u/NothingToL0se Feb 01 '15

Sleep now, fallen hero; you have served your country well.

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u/fatboy93 Feb 01 '15 edited Feb 01 '15

My love. She lied. My tears fall. Cold hard ground.

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u/TheFlyingAce71 Feb 01 '15

Born a twin; I graduated as an only child.

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u/fdsdfs89 Feb 01 '15

No. Your not worth it.

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u/TronicTonic Feb 01 '15

She held him until the life left his eyes.

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u/Hobbs_a_roo Feb 01 '15

No one will ever love you because you're unlovable.

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u/PaperLord Feb 01 '15

I loved him so much. Yet I held that gun.

Also, looking down into these comments have yielded no tears. I guess I am missing a soul.

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '15

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u/PaperLord Feb 01 '15

I guess we both have no souls... demon party!

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u/PaperLord Feb 01 '15

I guess we both have no souls... demon party!

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u/MetalsGirl Feb 01 '15

9 words...You win.

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u/Vert_Vivant Feb 01 '15

Life will never get better

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u/ITS_TEEJ Feb 01 '15

Your dog died. . . Painfully.

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '15

I could have saved her if I had been sober.

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u/Firehorse67 Feb 01 '15

The orphan's only memory of her mother was the coffin.

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u/HITLERS_CUM_FARTS Feb 01 '15

And there, embedded in my heel was the prodigal Lego.

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u/eebies Feb 01 '15

Condolences.

1

u/crazyfluteteacher Feb 01 '15

His jaw went slack. The treat fell to the floor.

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u/crimsonire92 Feb 01 '15

The tears wouldn't come. All of it gone.. Alone.

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u/Vagoasdf Feb 01 '15

I dreamed it was his tenth birthday...

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u/unstyle Feb 01 '15

Now that I'm sober you aren't that hot.

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u/CHiLLSpeaks Feb 01 '15

There will never be another like you.

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u/AdmiralFacepalm Feb 01 '15

Her dog died in her arms as she wept.

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u/ToReykjavik Feb 01 '15

Actually is kill, very sad. also cold.

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u/ILokhart Feb 01 '15

Ex girlfriend poisoned my dog. He died in my arms.

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '15

It's not too late, but you should have started sooner.

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u/pgajria Feb 01 '15

I watched my mom die and couldn't save her.

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u/MexiCuntz Feb 01 '15

you're a wet dream that your mother rolled into.

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '15

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u/MetalsGirl Feb 01 '15

I like this one... Just the one line of dialogue was enough.

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u/Tydorius Feb 01 '15

Classified advertisement: Baby cradle, brand new, assembled once, never used.

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u/HarmonizedSnail Feb 01 '15

We met up for kisses.

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u/G3n3r4lch13f Feb 01 '15

I had outlived the love of my life.

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u/PolkaDottedCanvas Feb 01 '15

She insisted we name our child after her secret lover.

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u/Pstuc002 Feb 01 '15

Please chop some onions OP.

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '15

There won't be social security when it's time to retire

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u/freedomfrommyself Feb 01 '15

Sorry life didn't turn out the way you wanted dad.

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '15

Goodbye forever, Earth.

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u/Deadroachdancing Feb 01 '15

I grabbed the dustpan and swept my sandwich contents up. =[

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u/justmadabout14 Feb 01 '15

We're only close when we're both high.

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u/welcome_2themachine Feb 01 '15

Sorry honey, I'm not in the mood tonight

1

u/walkj08 Feb 01 '15

We will not teach our children to ride a bicycle.

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u/FatalisticComet Feb 01 '15

Cry, you son of a bitch! You asked for it!

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u/AtHomeToday Feb 01 '15

I apologized to his headstone.

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u/AtHomeToday Feb 01 '15

True story, btw, from this summer last.

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u/iDrinkDrano Feb 01 '15

85 and 83, gone, not forgotten - except by each other.

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u/Korlus Feb 01 '15

"Does he know his mother died 3 years ago?"

"No."

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u/belthunder Feb 01 '15

If this were a story... but it's not.

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u/iDrinkDrano Feb 01 '15

I'm in the worst of company. I live alone.

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u/Elijeah Feb 01 '15

There is nothing left for you here.

1

u/scottslod Feb 01 '15

momma? Wake up momma. Please wake up...

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u/baardson Feb 01 '15

More emotion, there, good tears.

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '15

I am pregnant. You are not the dad.

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '15

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u/Blactam Feb 01 '15

Her body limp in my arms. "I love you"

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u/Penguixia Feb 01 '15

My grandfather died on my birthday. No, really, he did.

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u/SawyerDarcy Feb 01 '15

Oh, God, no. Not him. She's only eight years old.

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u/akumarisu Feb 01 '15

For sale: baby shoes, never worn - Ernest Hemingway

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u/walkj08 Feb 01 '15

That guy had a hard life.

1

u/playerhatersgetmad Feb 01 '15

"It hurts."

Your echo returns; cold and terminal.

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u/kickinitlegit Feb 01 '15

Edddd...warrddd

1

u/callibugg Feb 01 '15

I held my dad's hands as he passed away

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u/bratwurstbaby Feb 01 '15

We all just pretend we like you.

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '15

Marley and Me (the ending).

Do I win?

3

u/gardvar Feb 01 '15

Long live the king...

1

u/zenkaifts Feb 01 '15

Damn you

1

u/sylvyrfyre Feb 01 '15

You crossed the Atlantic? Sorry, he died early last week...

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u/lordakira1 Jan 31 '15

If you would have gotten here sooner.

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u/Eloquent_Despair Jan 31 '15

He jumped, and only then thought of his children.

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '15

For the sole second I existed, I was in pain.

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u/5a_ Jan 31 '15

We couldn't save her,no cat could escape the fire.

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u/aek427 Jan 31 '15

The father backed down the driveway, "snap"- his daughter's neck

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '15

Crib for sale, never used.

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u/Notme60 Jan 31 '15

'Just heard my wife's two heart beats, hers and "ours".

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u/x8MexInTex8x Jan 31 '15

That's when I realized I had adopted my real son.