{"product_id":"heart-eyes","title":"Heart Eyes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eShe saved me once.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe probably doesn't remember.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI can't forget her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFourteen years ago, when we were small, I was starving.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot just my stomach rumbling, but hungry for kindness. For someone to look at me like I mattered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe did.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUntil she couldn't look at me at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI learned how to survive without being wanted in foster home after foster home. Holding on to my memories of her. Of how she saw me as more than nothing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd now she's back in my world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBright. Successful. Untouched by the ruin that shaped me into the monster I am.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI should stay away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMen like me don't get women like her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut I've never been good at letting go.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo I watch. And I wait. Telling myself it's harmless.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat loving her from the darkness is enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUntil I see him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA face from our past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSomeone who remembers what she did.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd wants to make her pay for it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI have survived worse than him. I'm not afraid to abandon any remaining morals to keep her safe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMy love for her was born in darkness and fear. A glimmer of hope for a boy who had nothing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eObsession.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRuin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut it's the only good thing I've ever felt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd this time... I'm not letting anyone take her from me.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTropes: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMasked Stalker \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrauma Bonding \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDark Romance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChildhood Loves\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContent Warnings:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Historical Child Abuse (off page)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMurder \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eViolence \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDubious Consent\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForced Intimact \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKidnapping \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Effie Campbell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48386798747805,"sku":"9781917243995","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0732\/8913\/8333\/files\/81UTGgOhL2L._UF1000_1000_QL80.jpg?v=1781028579","url":"https:\/\/willowanddagger.com\/products\/heart-eyes","provider":"Willow \u0026 Dagger Bookshoppe","version":"1.0","type":"link"}