[ It's taken a lot of effort for Elena to admit to anyone, especially herself, that she's not fine. That there are times when she feels like she's drowning all over again and she's not sure she'll survive any of this in one piece. She's been broken and haphazardly put back together again so many times that there are permanent cracks within her, and she's trying to come to terms with the idea that those cracks can be shown and not just hidden away, like the pottery where cracks are made beautiful with gold rather than patched over and forgotten. ]
Get through the competition. Get through today. Handle tomorrow when it comes.
[ Breathe, eat, sleep, wake up, do it all over again. It's the only way she knows how to survive anything anymore. ]
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Get through the competition. Get through today. Handle tomorrow when it comes.
[ Breathe, eat, sleep, wake up, do it all over again. It's the only way she knows how to survive anything anymore. ]