#by explaining that his touch aversion came from trauma and how both being neurodivergent and asexual was used against him as a child

[deacf-coffee-is-a-sin]

“Fier. What’s your favorite flower?”

Of all the responses he had expected, that was not one of them, and Fier raised his hands from his eyes, shot a puzzled frown at Petra’s silhouette. As promised, Petra was not looking at him and spoke instead to the ceiling.

When Fier said nothing, Petra continued, his voice just as soft as before. “I think people pick their favorite flowers for how they look or how they smell or how easy they are to take care of. Some people only want to look at them, some people want to plant them, and some people want to trim them and take them home. People love differently, for different reasons and in different ways. You don’t have to want flowers in the same way other people want them. There’s nothing wrong with you, Fier. You know that, don’t you? There’s nothing wrong with you.”

More than Enough by Elizabeth Wambheim

There's so many good quotes in this book but this was the 1st that just completely broke me lmaoo.

#deacf talks #i have so many thoughts abt this book but ill just boil it down to: plz read it😭😭 #its so short and sweet and well written #But omg #so I've been wanting to read this book for fucking years but my library never any copies of it until recently and AAAA. #its soooo fucking good #but omg just like??? fier being coded as autistic and the 'beast' within the castle being #like the physical manifestation of his ptsd from ppl invalidating his identity as ace and his personal boundaries???? #and petra also being coded as autistic??? AND ALSO BEING ACE?? and also also being a genuinely kind and loving person who respects fierr #s boundaries??? AND a gardener??? #has me going absolutely feral #the funny thing is i was immediately on board with the 'oh fier is autistic and doesnt like being touched. based' #but then it took that already 'non mainstream'approach to a mc and conflict And added sm depth to it #by explaining that his touch aversion came from trauma and how both being neurodivergent and asexual was used against him as a child #AND THEN having a character with similar traits (nd and ace) and having him immediately understand and respect those boundaries??? and then #have them both love each other unconditionally completely disregarding the things abt the other that society had made them ashamed of #really got to me ok🥺😭😭 #more than enough #more than enough by elizabeth wambheim #fier is just like me fr tho lmao. i hate being touched in certain places by certain ppl #also a lot of his mannerisms reminded me of me and that kind of freaked me out a bit lmaooo #autistic coded characters need to stop being so relatable or im gonna have to get some kind of testing done lmaooo #but go read the book!!!