"The Side Character’s Manifesto"

Pain is the singular reminder that I am both alive and mortal. It whispers a steady, cold truth: one day, I will die and the world will let me go. I will be forgotten because I was merely human—a messy collision of light and shadow. The world preserves only the icons, the heroes, and the villains. I am none of those. I am the side character in a story that doesn't belong to me.