i’ve wished on the lidded blue flames under your brow

and baby, i wished for you.

Angelica Schuyler is a hopeless romantic. It’s not like what you’re thinking at all - you have to separate the terms, you see. Yes, she’s a romantic - unfortunately, she’s susceptible to impracticality and idealised views of love. Whatever.

But what Angelica is, above all, is hopeless. Hopeless; having no expectation of good or success. Because what good can come from pining for 1) someone completely wrong for you and 2) your sister’s boyfriend?

Angelica’s not stupid. She’s graduating early. She’s student council vice president. She managed to go sixteen years, nine months and fourteen days without falling in love. The rest is history.