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“I’m a realist,”
“I was thinking ‘morally gray’ but you’re more like a midnight abyss.”
“By the time we’re through with this trip, you’ll understand there’s no amount of wickedness I wouldn’t do for you.”
“Just tell me what you want, Charlie. Tell me and I’ll burn down heaven and earth to give it to you.”
“I want to know everything about you, down to the very last boring bit.
“I love you. Don’t you know that? I don’t think I’ve ever loved anything other than myself. I don’t remember how I used to be, but somehow, I know that’s true. At least it was, until you. I feel like maybe I’d been empty, like whatever life I had before was only a buildup to this. To you and me. I can’t explain it, but I know this is real, this is where I’m meant to be, because it’s where you are. I’d follow you anywhere, Charlie. I’d do anything to keep you safe, to make you happy.”
“I know you could never love me.
Not when I’m so fucking broken
It’s the only way you could ever love me,
My cracked heart begins to crumble at the edges, shards falling away and revealing the soft flesh at the center.
She’s moved on.” I swallow thickly. “Even though I never will.”
How can she love me when I look like this, when I’m so fucking broken inside and out?
that warms my black heart in ways I can’t fathom.
“What if I made a herd of goats attack a blind beggar?” I shrug. “At least he wouldn’t see them coming.” She snickers. “Awful.”
Too bad I’ll follow her anywhere.
“It’s not safe, and I won’t risk you.”
She shrugs. “I’m not entirely sure. They’re from some far province, just touring the city. The brunette’s got her nose in a book—seems like a good sign.”
