“You know how it’s always considered super romantic when people are all, ‘I can’t live without you!’” Blake’s lips twitch, and he nods. “I have a feeling you have thoughts.” “Naturally. Really, which part of that is supposed to be romantic? Saying ‘I can’t live without you’ is pretty much equivalent to saying ‘I’m with you because I don’t have any other choice.’ And that’s fucking stupid. And we’re not gonna do that. I can live without you. I just choose not to. And I’m terrified as fuck, still, by the way. But… I also love you more than I’m afraid.”

