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cry if I want to
a meme about waterworks and the many reasons we have to cry (+ or the ways we react to someone doing so.)

o1. comment with your character and prefs in a top level.
o2. reply to others and they'll do the same.
o3. don't hold back. let it all out. tears are cathartic.


  1. [ ANGER ] - A. begins to cry out of sheer frustration and anger.
  2. [ JOY ] - A. begins to cry out of feelings of joy and happiness.
  3. [ BREAK ] - having bottled up their emotions for a long time, A. finally breaks down into tears.
  4. [ GRIEF ] - A., having recently lost a loved one, begins to cry for their loss.
  5. [ SORROW ] - A. begins to cry out of sadness.
  6. [ DESPAIR ] - A. begins to cry out of despair.
  7. [ CALL ] - A. calls B. (in tears) to ask them to collect A. from a location.
  8. [ TEA ] - after B. has begun to calm down after crying, A. brings them a cup of tea.
  9. [ TISSUE ] - A. offers a crying B. a tissue to wipe their tears.
  10. [ BRUSH ] - A., having found B. in tears, gently cups their face and brushes their tears away with their thumbs.
  11. [ SPOON ] - as B. cries in their bed, A. climbs into the bed beside them, becoming a big spoon to B.’s little spoon in the process.
  12. [ HOLD ] - as B. begins to cry, A. wraps their arms around them, and just holds them as they cry.
  13. [ RUB ] - A. rubs B.’s back soothingly as they cry.
  14. [ ROCK ] - A. holds the crying B., and gently rocks them from side to side in a calming motion as they weep.
  15. [ COLLAPSE ] - A., having received sudden and terrible news, falls to their knees and collapses to the ground as they cry.
  16. [ CRADLE ] - holding B. protectively in their arms, A. cradles B. as they cry.
  17. [ HUM ] - A. hums a song gently as B. begins to calm down after crying.
  18. [ DRAPE ] - as B. begins to drift off to sleep after crying, A. gently drapes a blanket over them.
  19. [ STAY ] - as B. begins to fall asleep after crying, the A. stays by their bedside, promising to be there when they wake up.