Small Heroes

Erica Rhodes
5 min readFeb 16, 2021

Never touch your idols, the gilding will stick to your fingers. — Gustave Flaubert

Actual photo in outfit before coffee date

“Do your parents love you?” the ruggedly handsome guy with piercing blue eyes, sitting across from me asked.

I’ve never had typical heroes.

My celebrity crushes have always been the off-beat, edgy bad-boy-types who aren’t your mainstream love interests.

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