this be the verse
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"Even if you wanted to have children, even if I do, even if we were accountants settled on Mercury and no one was after our heads, I couldn’t...I couldn’t do that to a child.”
“Couldn’t do...what?” Juno asks, startled by the force behind Nureyev’s voice.
“I couldn’t burden them with having me as a father. It wouldn’t be fair.”
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A story about new life, fear, love, family, and the breaking of generational curses.
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- Part 1 of this be the verse
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Juno averts his eye. “I think the asthma diagnosis got to me more than I realized. I really felt like it was my fault, and then I snapped at Bennie the other night and… God, I felt like a monster. I thought they were never gonna trust me again, that I was the same as my mom, that I…”
“Was a terrible parent?” Nureyev finishes for him.
“Yeah, pretty much.”
“...We are a well-matched pair of fools, it seems.”
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A story about parenthood, mental health, growth, trust, and a little baby named Bennie.
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- Part 2 of this be the verse