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“Can I just stop you right there,”
“Why?”
“No reason,” I replied. “I just wanted you to stop talking.”
“You’re my favorite friend, with my favorite everything.”
“Joe, you’re literally piping hot.”
“I don’t care.”
“Don’t leave me.”
“You okay, Joe?” my sister asked, reaching up to touch my shoulder. “You look sad.” “It’s okay.” I forced a smile. “Everything is going to be okay.” “Yeah?” I nodded. “Yeah, Shan.” Because I won’t ever leave you.
You shouldn’t settle for anything less than being in love to the point of madness. The only person that you should be settling for is the person who unsettles you the most. The person who drives you to the brink of suicide because he or she makes you feel so fucking much that you can’t catch your breath or remotely function without them.
“And what’s more is you won’t want to. You won’t want to breathe, or feel, or fucking function without them. That’s how you’ll know that it’s a real relationship, Molloy. Only when you’re feeling the most discomfort you’ve ever felt in your entire life should you even consider settling. Because that’s when you’ll know you’re in love, which sounds to me like a hell of a lot nicer way to live than settling for someone you have nothing in common with because it’s comfortable.”
“I don’t care about people because I can’t afford to. I don’t have the time in my life or the space inside of my head to allow myself to care about anyone other than my family. That’s me, okay? That’s who I am. I can’t afford to care, Molloy.”
Just sad
“Well, that sucks because I do,”
“I care about you, Joey, and I a...
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“If you only knew what I was trying to spare you from, you wouldn’t push for this.”
That’s my girl.
“Then I’ll just have to stay in hell with you, won’t I?”
“I’m irreplaceable.” That she was.
“I would never hurt you, Molloy,” he slurred, his words a lot like his life, a broken mess. “I’d rather die than hurt you.” “Don’t say that.” “It’s the truth.” Releasing a pained groaned, he croaked out, “Only thing I’ve ever done right in my life is leave you alone.”
I will always stick up for you.”
Joey kissed me like he was starving for me and no one else’s lips could sate the hunger overtaking him.
Aoife Molloy consumed me to the point that I didn’t feel like everything was completely fucked in the world anymore.
“What?” She grinned shamelessly. “I always check the product before I make any purchases.”
“And?” She blew out a shaky breath and nodded. “Oh, I’ve been sold on you for a long time now, Joey Lynch.”
Tread carefully, the beating muscle in my chest commanded, because if you let her in, if you let yourself fall for this girl, you’ll never recover. Forget that shit, she’s already in. Keep her.
“My boss’s daughter is my girlfriend.”
“You’re a grand lad, Joey,” Tony added, giving my shoulder a squeeze. “A lad I would be happy to see look after my Aoife.”
“You forget that I’ve known you since you were a small boy of twelve,” he reminded me as he steered us toward the back door. “I remember looking at this small scrap of a lad standing in the garage, down on his luck and with the weight of the world on his shoulders. That small boy asked me for a chance that day,” he added, voice thick with emotion. “I took a chance on that boy, and I’m glad that I did because the man that small boy turned into is a man who I am damn proud of.”
silver locket with the date 30.08.99 on the front. “That date…” I blew out a shaky breath. “It’s—” “The first day of first year,” he explained quietly. “The first time I laid eyes on you, and the first time I understood what it meant to have my heart beating for someone outside of my family.”
“When I say I don’t love you,” he continued, nuzzling his face in my neck, “it’s the furthest thing from the truth.”
felt like I was watching him drown. That I was desperately reaching my hand out, but his pride was so potent that he would rather go under than let me pull him to safety.
She was the only bit of brightness I had in my life, and it scared me to think of how little else I had going for me.
Without her, I had nothing.
Without her, I was...
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“Because you might not love yourself, but I do. I love you enough for the both of us,” she whispered, fisting my cock in her hand. “And if keeping you here with me means that you’re off the streets and safe, then that’s what I’m going to do.”
I feel like I’m dying when I’m with you, and I feel like I’m dead when I’m not.”
“I love you more than I have ever loved another person in my life, and that’s not an exaggeration. That’s the god-honest truth.”
I’m not replacing you, Molloy.” I couldn’t. “I’m trying to fix me.” For you.
