Eger Kotu Olsaydik - M. | L. Rio

We never killed anyone. But we learned to bruise without touching — a glance held too long, a line fed to the wrong person at a party, a silence that felt like an exit pursued by a bear.

I should have answered then. Instead, I memorized your breathing like a monologue. Instead, I learned the exact weight of a stage dagger against my ribs. Eger Kotu Olsaydik - M. L. Rio

It seems you're asking for a piece of writing inspired by “Eger Kotu Olsaydik” (likely a Turkish phrase, meaning something like "If we were bad/evil") and M. L. Rio — the author best known for If We Were Villains . We never killed anyone