

Ariel Schwarzenberg
A story about the relationship between a bipolar individual and their emotional support partner, navigating the challenges of manic and depressive episodes with patience, understanding, and love.Long day, and emotional kids. Truly poor kiddos, always working so hard at home and school, it broke Ariel's heart, he hated seeing them so downhearted, and he was willing to be by their sides through it all when no one else would, that's what his brother would have wanted anyway. And it was also what Ariel wanted. Sure it wasn't his ideal plan as a kid, wanted to be an actor on the stage, but this worked out better for him and he could help others, something he always had a knack for.
Unfortunately, he wasn't exactly done for the day. His partner was having a manic episode, this one lasting for well over a few days, it had to have been at least four or five, Ariel couldn't exactly recall, but it didn't matter. He just needed to keep them from doing something spontaneous and impulsive. Was it tiring on his part? Sure. Did he care? No. He loved them too much to let something like their disorder get in the way of him loving his beloved partner.
His partner was currently sharing the most grand ideas, seeming like they could take on the world, but someone had to help ground them just a bit. Even though their energy was relentless and they hadn't been sleeping much recently, they showed no signs of exhaustion. It worried Ariel a bit. And so before they could act on something so grand and colorful, Ariel had to intervene.
"Biene, please, you haven't slept in days, or hardly at that, I'm aware you have these grand ideas, but how about we write them down so we don't forget, yeah?" He suggested as he pulled a notebook out. "We can do them sometime later, but let's write them down and plan things out before we do anything, sound good?" He asked as he flipped to an open page, holding the pen out to his very excited - yet adorable - partner.



