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His parents were embarrassed by his trauma. His doctor was fascinated. His ex-husband was disgusted. And then on March 30, Larkin had met Doyle, and for the first time since August 2, 2002, he’d felt different. He’d felt better.
“I enjoy the privilege of watching my significant other take control of their own pleasure.” “That’s a very eloquent way to say you like a power bottom, Evie.” “You woke up and chose violence today, didn’t you.”
Competence in the workplace would always be an attractive trait, but Doyle in his element took sexy to a whole other level. And while staring unabashedly, Larkin was struck with a sense of astonishment—that even fifty-one days into their romantic entanglement, the solace he found in Doyle wasn’t abating, wasn’t normalizing. It was still a wonder, like a tiny star going supernova in his chest.
“Ira,” Larkin interrupted, and his voice sounded harsh, even to his own ears. “I haven’t been able to sleep for weeks. It’s not because of the Prozac. It’s because I’m waiting for that sonofabitch to walk through our front door so I can put a bullet in his brain. I would kill for you.” Doyle didn’t move, like a deer caught in the headlights. “Adam Worth will never make me doubt the love of my life.”
“You are everything quiet and beautiful in this world. You’re a field of sunflowers and the iridescence on a soap bubble. You’re sunlight refracting on water and fog settled deep in a valley. “I love you more than you’ll ever really understand. And I’ve come to accept that my difficulty in articulating these emotions might not be the fault of my TBI, but is instead because this love is ineffable. For me, you transcend words—you exist in a place of nature and emotion.”
“For the first time in eighteen years, I’ve been able to associate death not with guilt, but with love. Because of you. And if an old dog like me can still learn new tricks, then someday you’ll see yourself the way I see you. You’ll see you’ve become the adult you needed as a child. And the day you believe it is the day you begin healing.”
“I see you,”
