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2026-04-23
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“Hold Me Like a Threat” | Rhea Ripley & Liv Morgan

Summary:

Betrayal is never quiet. It fractures something once whole — sharp, irreversible, leaving behind only the echo of trust. In its aftermath, it feels as though your identity is stripped away, piece by piece, until you stand in the ruins of your own certainty. It doesn’t just hurt — it reshapes, burning away illusions you once called safety.

And yet, in the silence that follows, something changes. When the worst has already passed, there is no more illusion — only truth, raw and unfiltered. No pretending, no fragile expectations. Only what remains.

To return to someone after that kind of breaking is not simple forgiveness — it is reconstruction. It is choosing to see them again without expecting perfection. And maybe the most unsettling truth is this: sometimes the deepest connection is born not from trust, but from its destruction — leaving behind something even more dangerous than love: understanding.

Notes:

𝐌𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬:
𝐓𝐢𝐤𝐓𝐨𝐤: @_morgansassy
𝐓𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫: _morgansassy_
𝐓𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐫: morgansassy
𝐀𝐎𝟑: morgansassy

Chapter 1: Prologue

Chapter Text

─── ⋆⋅ ♰ ⋅⋆ ───

𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫’𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞

 

𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞, 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫.

𝐁𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬.

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 — 𝐋𝐢𝐯 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧. 𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬, 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐞. 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 — 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫.

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲, 𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 — 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥.

𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐢𝐭. 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐫, 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬.

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲. 𝐈 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮.

— 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫

 

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