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This can be like neutral ground or something. A fake place. Like…Delaware.”
Out here, nothing has to exist. No fights. Just us. Just Taylor and Huckslee.”
“But I want to talk to you, and you don’t trust me right now. So we’re going to Delaware.”
“I don’t like seeing someone else’s marks on you,” he whispers into my skin, pressing soft kisses over my bruises like I’m some precious thing that requires care.
I hate it. It kills me. But I can’t seem to let Huckslee Davis go.
Taylor’s eyes meet mine briefly before they sink closed, and I can’t help but think: After all these years, why does it feel like I’m finally coming home?
Seems my shit only stands at attention lately when it involves the sulky fucker downstairs who hates me, so that’s just great. Hasn’t even touched me, and he owns this dick. How unfair is that?
He’s no good for you, Royce said. I’m no good for him. We’re no good for each other, and yet I Can’t Let Him Go.
As of right now, this bed is Delaware, so just listen.
“Huckslee, I’ve been in love with you since the eighth grade.”
I had nothing but time on my hands while I recovered, and every thought was on my stepbrother, who thought I hated him, but the truth is that I’ve never hated you, Huck. I wanted you from the moment I saw you that first day in eighth grade. And it was torture, each day that passed with you not walking through the hospital room door, and I just...knew. That I loved you. But then four months passed with no contact, you started dating Royce, and it felt like my heart had ripped in two.”
it’s only you, Huckslee. It’s only ever been you.”
Out of all the guys I’ve kissed, none of them make me feel the way Taylor does, like his arms are the only place I belong.
“If you’re a satellite, am I your moon?” “We’re just floating through space, getting closer and closer to the sun until we burn.”
“Taylor, I love you. I’d be a fool not to.”
Took something from him that wasn’t mine to take, and I’ll spend the rest of our lives together making it up to him. Because that’s what I intend to do, Mr. Davis. I’m in love with your son. I have been for years, and I plan on growing old together. With your blessing, I hope.”
“Huckslee,” my jaw drops, eyes near bugging out of my skull as my heart implodes. “That’s permanent. As in, my name will be inked on your body forever!” “You’re already in my soul. Now the outside just matches,”
It’s me and you, baby. Has been since the moment we kissed beneath the bleachers in eighth grade, and it will be for the rest of our lives. I’m not afraid of what the world thinks about us. I love you, and nothing they do or say can change that.”
Who would have thought? Taylor fucking Tottman, the kid that tormented me in high school daily, who constantly had me coming home covered in bruises, the boy who stole my first kiss and outed me to the entire community, would be mine? What’s even crazier is that I still fell in love with him despite it all.
Welcome to Delaware. Endless Discoveries. Turning around, I raise my brows at him despite the tightness in my chest. “Really? You took me to Delaware?” “Yep. Who knew it was so close to Maryland?” “I did. We really need to get you a map, Huckslee.” He simply smiles, reaching out to cup my face as I wrap my arms around him. “Looks like it’s real, after all.” “The people who live here are thrilled to hear that.”
“Is it everything you hoped it would be?” Clearly, he’s not talking about the state of Delaware but rather the state of us—Taylor and Huckslee. “No.” Deepening the kiss, I jump up to wrap my legs around his waist, trusting his strength to catch me if I fall. “It’s so much more, baby. So much more.”
