I found a man, scarred & gruff, with butterflies on his wrists. He told me they were there to hide a mistake. Butterflies remind him that life can change and be beautiful. That lessons can be learned at any age.

I later found he had a moth on his ankle, barely discernible.
He said it was there to remind him that being seen rarely, but by a special few, is worth more than a spotlight.

It's enough to make an incubus fall in love.

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