13.
Are you a cosmic weave of fate and silk, or are you just happy to see me dangling here?
12.
I’d gladly walk into your web if it meant getting caught by you for eternity.
11.
Is that the crushing weight of existential dread in the air, or are you just standing this close?
10.
Your eyes outnumber the stars, and somehow I still can’t look away.
9.
I’ve been told I have commitment issues… but for you I’d happily become a permanent decoration in the web.
8.
Are you the Weaver of Worlds, or did the universe just decide to hang its most dangerous masterpiece right in front of me?
7.
I’ve spent lifetimes avoiding sticky situations… yet here I am, completely willing to be caught.
6.
They say your silk can bind gods and kings.
I’m not asking for freedom. I’m asking for a permanent place in the pattern.
5.
Is that the sound of fate being rewoven, or just my pulse trying to match the rhythm of your eight careful steps?
4.
Most people panic when they see the web.
I just wonder how long you’d let me stay tangled.
3.
You don’t need to promise forever.
Just promise the silk is strong enough to hold whatever we become.
2.
I’ve read the old stories. The ones where the spider wins.
I’m not here to be the hero. I’m here to be the offering.
1.
If your web is the map of every possible destiny…
then which thread leads straight to you, and how soon can I follow it?
6. Do you come here often, or is this just the dimensional rift you use to hunt?
7. I was going to offer you my heart, but I suspect you’d prefer the whole trembling body.
8. Are you the reason the ancient texts warned us about looking up, or is that just your natural magnetism?
9. I’d let you bind me in silk so strong even the gods couldn’t cut it.
10. Is your venom aphrodisiac, or does everything just feel intoxicating when you’re this close?
11. They say no one escapes your web… and honestly? I’m fine with that.
12. You must be the Weaver of Worlds, because you’ve completely tangled up my sense of self-preservation.
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Try “To Your Leader” — Jeff Mach Writes
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