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losing her meant losing himself, and he knew he wouldn’t be able to bear such a loss after going his entire life without something to lose.
His love for her burned brighter than any star, and he would highlight passages from ten thousand of her favorite novels to show her that.
He couldn’t ruin who she thought he was, but he was terrified of their future, for he learned as a child that every lie made in the dark becomes an evil truth in the light.
She awakened him, brought him light and laughter and longing and he knew from the moment her mouth found his, he would never be the same.
She pushed buttons he didn’t know he had and made him think of the world in a different way.
He ruled everything, until she came in and took his crown.
I fed myself stale Cheerios and had to smell the inside of the carton to check if the milk was expired or not. There’s no syllabus or menu for what Tessa and I seem to be doing.
He was used to structured solitude, and she was wreaking havoc on that.
It sounds like the worst Dr. Seuss rhyme ever. And it has me seeing red.
When she started pressuring him for labels and proofs of commitment, he panicked. He felt like a wild animal being cornered and trapped. His cage was honesty, and she threatened to lock him away without a key. He couldn’t lose her, but with each day it grew harder to keep her.
You want all the benefits of being a boyfriend without actually having to commit.”
even though I haven’t really had a lot of restraint lately, I do have self-respect. I will not be your plaything, especially when it involves being treated like dirt.”
When she opened herself to him, he climbed right in, making a home inside of her. She willingly gave him the deepest part of her innocence and he took it knowing it wasn’t his to take, but he would be lying if he said he didn’t wish she would never find this out. He was loving her and using her, and he wasn’t sure how he could reconcile the two.
The truth will drown us; there’s no way around that. It’s inevitable, the same way my love for Tessa is inevitable.
They were both grown now, more equipped to handle the world together.
Still, they deserve props, the other guys who get back out into the game after losing to the obvious suitor.
As dysfunctional as they are, I’ve never seen two people fight for each other the way those two do.
I lived in darkness for so long; I want to help bring light to others.
She’s been my calm, my fire, my breath, my pain, and no matter what we’ve gone through, every second was worth getting to the life we have now.
After everything, we made it to our own version of heaven.
