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A love so pure, so tangible, and unconditional bouncing between us. The only safe space I have ever truly known beating inside her chest as I draw closer to it, pounding over the wood planks to answer her summons and feast on a love that blankets me. A love that protects me and brings me peace while keeping me whole. A love so mine, so ours.
A love and place we made together, against all odds. Our darkness mingling and molding, pouring our foundation, and erecting the frame while we decorated the walls with the memories we made. Filling every shelf and lining every cabinet, creating our forever home within one another.
She once told me life could happen in a blink, but it’s a series of blinks that brought us together.
Because I know the difference between living your life and life happening to you, and they are distinctly different.
Living life is making choices—what to wear, when to eat, whether or not to cut your hair. These are the easy decisions we get to make—to have some say or a hand in.
Life happening to you is vastly different. It comes by way of a powerful reckoning force that cements your path for better or worse. It’s only in the wake of it that you realize the easy decisions are the only choices you have any real say in. T...
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While her faith was unshakable, mine remains in her—in us.
“All today was, was just another bad day. Nothing more. So don’t give it any more power than that. The sunset you love so much is proof you fought bravely, so keep remembering that on your bad days . . . and remember that when the clock ticks past midnight, it’s another chance to win. I’ve seen you on good days, and you have them. It’s just that days like today are good at making you forget them. But you have them. I’ve been there. I’ve seen them. I’ve seen the bold, vibrant, life-filled, beautiful woman on days she’s won that battle. So, don’t believe the lie a bad day is telling you. And
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“This soldier is in fucking awe of the fighter you are.”
“Your soldier. Loyally and faithfully yours.”
“You gave me something. Tell me what you gave me.” “You know,” she whispers, tentatively reaching up to palm my jaw. “Tell me.” “You are the only one. Since Alain.” The only one.
“J’ai besoin de toi . . . I need you . . . Vous êtes la porte d’entrée. You’re my front door. Tu es mon seul moyen de rentrer chez moi. You’re my only way home.”
“HE WHO MAKES a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.”
He’s been on watch of you since he was sixteen years old, and there’s absolutely nothing on earth he wouldn’t do for you. Because being with you created him and helped make him the man he is for better or worse,
“Your soldier needs you just as badly right now,” I declare, that truth filtering down my cheeks. “He’s not the same without you. He’s been missing a very large piece of himself for eight long fucking years.”
“I fucking promise on all that I am, this war we fight together.”
“Je t’aime, Tyler, I’ve wanted for so long to tell you. For so, so very long. Before and after you left, and the second you came back, but felt it was so important to put actions before these words.
“It was you who was worth waiting for, Tyler,” I whisper as he stares back at me. “Je t’aime, Soldier, creator of my newborn heart. Mon seul véritable amour.” My one true love.
“It’s only fair,” he murmurs, emotion evident in his voice, “because you saved me first.”
“I’ve always wanted to marry a real soldier. Now, you’ve given me every single dream I’ve ever wanted. This is the best night of my life, Tyler,”
“I loved you through space and time before, and I’ll do it again. I’ll do it again. I’m with you, I’m with you, always,”
