Parallel - Award-Winning Sci-fi/Romance
Published May 21, 2023, 7:20 a.m. by Courtney
We all know the feeling. That tingling in the stomach, the racing heart, the butterflies fluttering around in your chest. It's the feeling of being in love, and it's one of the most wonderful things in the world.
But what exactly is this feeling? Is it simply a chemical reaction in the brain, or is there more to it than that?
As it turns out, there is quite a bit more to it. Scientists have been studying the phenomenon of love for years, and they've found that it is indeed a very complex emotion.
One of the most important things to understand about love is that it is not just a feeling. It's also an action. When you're in love with someone, you want to spend time with them, you want to make them happy, and you want to do things for them.
In other words, love is something you do, not just something you feel.
So what's going on in the brain when we're in love?
It turns out that there are a few different things happening. First of all, the hormone oxytocin is released. Oxytocin is sometimes called the "cuddle hormone" because it promotes bonding and attachment.
It's also been shown to increase trust and cooperation. Oxytocin is part of what makes us feel close to someone and want to be with them.
Another important chemical in the brain is dopamine. Dopamine is sometimes called the "reward chemical" because it's associated with pleasure and motivation.
When we do something that makes us feel good, dopamine is released. This is part of what makes being in love so pleasurable.
So what does all of this mean?
Simply put, love is a very complex emotion that involves many different chemicals in the brain. It's more than just a feeling - it's an action. And it's something that we should all strive for in our lives.
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what did you want to tell me dad
I I was there when the world changed
do you mean your research
something I never told you about my work
I'm sorry honey how are things with Eric
same dad I don't want to talk about it
right now what do you want to tell me
when I was your age I was working in
Geneva on the airport project the
project was small underfunded no one
believed it would work but it was the
perfect time for our work sirnas
particle accelerator had proven the
existence of the Higgs boson that most
elementary particle are on the cusp of
peeling back the veil on reality itself
by accident I stumbled onto a theory
that could finally prove the existence
of other universes we're about to open a
window into another universe
months of trial and error
it finally occurred to me wonder what
this type had to be open from both sides
there really is an infinite number of
universes out there somewhere someone
might be trying to open a window too so
we adjusted our approach and that's why
you made contact took almost a year of
waiting
we made contact
hi hi that's when I first saw her maybe
at first it was the awe of contacting
into the universe but no I was always
born
you loved her
that very moment
after the initial fuss we could finally
talk to another universe and we did talk
a lot and I
you spent a lot of time together every
moment they could spare
all the time we work to reach this point
I never once imagined I'd want anything
more than to just make contact I never
thought that once we made contact all
I'd want to do is find a way to break
through that damn window Henry you could
take me anywhere tell me where would it
be close your eyes I'll take you there
right now
in our minds trap
touched
I love they reached across an abyss
through metaphysical barriers
you're so close it's separated by an
affinity between us
shared our lives almost two years
would happen
Wow
about 20 months in are we going over
detailed information on how each of our
sides managed to contact the other we
discovered well in essence
her method matchup
really
it's as if our two universes were
traveling through a reality slightly
different speeds for this brief window
in time for this tiny moment
two universes were perfect light so we
reach out to Joe they meet up for longer
we can't slow down looks like
talked about every impossibility but the
data was clear our two universes were
moving out of sync did you we had only
another three months at most
Henry please you've been over this
I can't I'm not ready to say goodbye we
don't have to say goodbye yet there's
still time for what for you to be with
me just be with me I was young and
stupid I should have stopped trying much
sooner we could have had more time
together
I love you
I love you too Henry
we hung on as long as we could
and just like that you're out of sync Oh
sweetie I can tell you this so you'd cry
I wanted to tell you for years I just
didn't know how it was like something
from another life it was so long ago I
spent years being bitter how can they
have fallen in love like that found
someone so amazing only to lose her not
sure why it happened I was so angry but
eventually I realized
not much in this life makes sense it
seems to me we're all out of thinking
it's like we're all particles flying
through the universe at a million miles
an hour
every so often fortunate enough to
discover that for a while
our paths run parallel to someone else's
and rather than dread the inevitable
moment when our trajectories drift apart
we need to cherish every moment we share
when I finally realize that I was ready
to move on a short while later I Met
Your Mother
our trajectories ran side-by-side for
years
till I lost her too
but I never regretted a single moment we
had together even though I thought I
could never live like that again I loved
your mother with every bit of my being
we had you
I just wanted to tell you that I know
your path was parallel to other people's
path no one knows what tomorrow right
never forget this don't waste years of
your life the way I did
you promised me please can you promise
me that
I promise
