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BOLD- POV (Point of View), Timeskip, Year, Month, Week, Day, Time, Location, Lyrics, Text Name, and Trigger Warnings (TW)
ITALICS- emphasis, thoughts, memories, and flashbacks
BOLD AND ITALICS- Author's Note (A/N)
UNDERLINED- (Rare) emphasis in thoughts, memories, and flashbacks

TW: self-deprecating thoughts

🖤Prologue: ...-
Anxiety tries to convince himself.

Virgil/Anxiety's POV:

  I͚̠̣̜͔̲̜̹̜̘̬͉'̵̢̢̙̝̙̤̻̝̬̟̙͚͓̬̂ͪͩ̋̈́̀͌̄̏͑̇̀m̸ ̜̠̼̪̗̮ͪ̾̈͐͐ͮ̚ͅnͯ̉ͤ̓ͨ̒̾̇ͧ҉o͕͈̝̤̗̮͖͈̲̪̗̻̗̍ͭ̎́̐͗ͦ͋̌ͣ̿͗ͦt̸̏́ͅ ̦̠̞̠͔͔͇͖̻ͮͫ̽̅ͪ̓͌͒͗͞a̪̦̖̣̳̙̰̣̜͚̙ͩ͛ͦ̔̽ͪͭ̓ͤ͗̎̏́̀̕ͅl̑̚wͥ̅́͢͜ẫ͍̼y̬̤ͦͮs̩̹̳̫̟̄ͯ̓̉̆͡͝ ̶̴̨̻̬̩͇̗̘̻̗̂̆̍̒ͦ͊̽ͯṱ̲̘̖̮̬͍̇ͤ̅͐ͧ̚̚h͞҉̡e͆ͦͤͣ͑̊̇͑͛͊̓̚̚̚ ̶̶̰̤̱̞ͯ͒̄͛b̨̤̞̥̩̯̍ͤ͒̎ͫ͘a̝̼͟ͅd̹͙͙͈ ̡͞gͩͬͣ̊ͤ́̅̒̉ͧ͗u̬̘̗͖͚̜̝̰̱̻̦̱̪̮͔y͖͈͕̰̙̗̝͕̲͇̗.͍̤̩͙͓̲͔͉̭̭̫ͤ̽͌ͦͭͥͥ̏̈̚̚̚ͅ.̵̧̒̊҉.͓̻͔͔͚͚͗͂͌͑̾ͮ͢

Wrong.

  T́́͒ͪ͑̒̓̐͆͊̅͐̌̆h̫̼̭͔̪̮̯̭̞͉͕̃͊͛̋͌̓̌ͬ̊̑͋e̻y̯̩̯̜͕̮͋͗͂̐̍̚͟ ̝̭̳̲͎̰͖̫̪̱͓̭ͦ̓͗ͨ̂̈́ͬ̄ͭͫ̄̓̋ͅc̟̹̘͍͔̩̲ͯͫ̾̏̓ͪ̿á̀͡ŗ̦̳͍͚͉̮̮̞̠ė̴ͥͭ̄̆͂̆̓͐̓̓̚҉̨ ̨̟̺̱͓̥̦͎̝̦̙̮̤̎̈́͗ͨ̊̿͋ͮ͗̏̚̚͠͞ä͔͕͎̼̖̗̙͈͖͙͕̳̗ͨ̆͒͒ͥ̓̅ͮ̑͐̈́̚͢͞b̻͖͙̯̠̈́ͬ͋ͦ͐o͚̬͉̗͚͉̼u̝ͥt̤̮̪̫̯͈̪͋ͨ̊̇̈ͫͦ ̴̫̳͚̤͚ͩ͊̑ͦ̾m̹̱̖̺͎͚̪͚̯ͭ̇̈́̀̎̓͐ͮͯe.̵̎̍ͧ̅̒̽ͫͩ͛̓̇͑̀̚̕.̣̲̍̐.̔ͪ͂̿̓

No, they don't.

T̰̣̙̝h̵͚̼ͪͦ͐ͅe̥̱͙͇̙̰̹̰͔͔͎̝̍ͯ̌͑͛̑̄͋̄͗͒͒̊̀̀ͅy̴̵̤͖̠͔̯̦͐ͫ̂̇̚̚ ̢̢͏l̷̨͕̜̩̯̐̇̐̌o̵̫͍͎̲̝̣̩ͅve̢̧̍͜ ̡͊̂͋ͦ̌ͪ̿̃ͮͧͥ̑̾m͍̼̭̪̟̲̥̠͌͒ͦ͊͗̆͌ͪ̄ͅe̞͚̣͍͇̥̲̥͔̓̄̆̊͗̾ͭ̎̆ͥͅ ̪͎̱̫̭̰ͅͅẗ͇͇́ͯ͘o͇̦̞̗̠͖̹̙̙̗̦̬̰̠͐ͩ͆ͫͤ͊̓̾̆̅͛̏̓̈o̢̮͗͢͠.̰̜̜͉̻̱̥̳̝̙͍̆̓ͩͦ͒̅̈́͂̌̌ͨ.̖̼͖̰̞̳̭̣̭.

  You know that's not true.

  T̢̯̦͖̦̗̞̮͉̿̾ͤ̒̏̈́̌̂ḫ̤͕̗̣̯̬̤ͫͩ͐ͣ̾͗͌̎̽͘ͅĕ̵̯͢y̢͇̱̤͇͙͎̳͚͖̰͕͓̹̻̣̌ͥ̇͌̿͆̍͊̎̒̍͋͛ͩ̚̕͠ ̥̜̮̀͐͒̍͝ͅc͆̀́͆ͮ̃̅́͊͋̽̚a͙̘̭͎̺̘͍̺̞̓ͮ̊̌̑ͤ̓̌͊n̮̥̯̤̭̼̙̭̦͈͖̯̻͌́ͧ͂̑͂̿͂̆͒ͦ̓ͨ ̵̵͖͈̞̠͍̜̥̠̣̟̠͍͔̥͇ͣͭͦ̀ͮ̾̈́̍̽̒̊͂ͤͤ̚͠h̢̞͈͕ͯ̉͐͘͞ë̢̖̝͈̲̪̠̌̑ͧͩ̉̀l̔͑̿̏ͥ͛͂̂ͣ̒̊ͨͮ͊p͉͔̞̪̆̾͗̄ ̧̥̥̳̋ͩͣ̀͜m̸̶͞ë̱͙͉͖́ͭ̿̐.̸̶̰̮͍̗̩̤̤̳̇͑̿̿̋͌ͩ̽̓̀ͅ..͗ͩ͛͂̇̌͛ͬ͏̡̺͔͍̦̫̥͕̻ 

Stop lying to yourself.

  T̡̧҉h̲͕̝̲̜͔̱̞̻̺̮̹ͭͧͯ̒ͯͦ͛̊ͣͮͬ̉́͟e̫̬͓̮͈̟̭̮͕̗̺̞̫̭͎̽̈́͗́͌̎͆́̀ͮ̄͋ͧ̈́̀ẏ͒̆̀ͫ͂̎̇ͯ̂ͭ̏̓ͭ̀͞ ͚̭̹̺̼̘̟͕̗̼̣̦̳̋͑͌̌ͦ̒̏̊ͬͦ̓̃̋̿ͅc̨̠̤̠͔̮̼̲͔̲̺aͨ͠͝͡n͊̔̃ͤ̓̌́͑̊̔̅̓ͩ̈́ ̿̏ͦ̓̂ͤ͒s̘͉̼̲̱͇͙̃̈̉ͨ̍̎̏a̳͈̰̗͚̰͍͎̱̐̈́̍̓ͯ͋ͣ̋̂v͋̍̑̔́ͤ̏̋ͦ͂̈́͌ͦè̷̢̲̱̝͇̹͖͍͇̰͇͙ͣ̓̍ͥ͐̊̽ͮ̒̍͡ ̾m̈͂ͬ͛ͪ̅é͉̘̙̝͝.̴̈́ͦͧ͢҉͕̝̖.̼̞͖̥̜̠̪̭̹͉́.̴̋̓́̌ͤͦͣ́ͨ̀̚͟ 

No, they can't.

  T҉͈͓͔͇̫̹̬̠h̵̡̲͓̭͚̖̠͓̙̣̀ͅe̙̤̬͕̼̦̟͓͔̦͍͒̇ͩ̾̈̓ͧ͊̔̒̚y̬͇͎̳̻͈̣͔̮̻̝͑ͮ̃̃ͪͥͮ̿ͣ̏̚ ̷ͦͪ̓̆ͫ͛̃̚͢͡c̴ả͚̝͎̉͌n̶̨̊͊͛̓̽̐̑͒̆̆̐̍ͫͨ͟ ͮ̔ͥ̊̾̌̇̈́͊̉̐ͥ̉̍fͧ͗̾̅̾͊̃͂̔̆̀̚҉̶̫̳̗͖͙͎̖͍̯̱̱ị̧̛̺̂͆̒ͅxͤͭ͐ͭͣͣ͑̌̌҉͡ ̬̫m͟͝͝e̗͈̲̠ͩ͋ͭ̑͟͝.̶̟̲͞.͈̠̮̜͎̞̥̹̭̳̥̙̟͉̤̐̈͗͗͑̾͑̀̐̄͒ͨͦ̆̇. 

You're already broken.

...

"Help me..."
They hate you.

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