Drowning to Breathe (Bleeding Stars, #2)

by A.L. Jackson

“When I look at you, I see a future I never thought existed, Shea.” Everything went serious. My mind and my heart and my words. “I see my wife. I see the mother of my kids. I see all the shit I never wanted until I met you. I see everything I thought impossible.”

“I’m gonna love you forever. Respect you. Protect you and hold you and always stay true to you.” My hands trembled where I cupped his jaw. “I will never give you up or let this love go. My forever is forever. My life yours to keep.”

“Time doesn’t sit still and I want to make every second I get to spend with you count. Don’t want to wait for the right time when all of time is right with you.”

Dark. Light. Heavy. Soft.

“One look and I forget who I am. One touch and I’m gone. You are my everything.”

Sometimes when you welcome in something new, the old can no longer remain.

Life wasn’t worth living if we didn’t take the chance to go after what brought us the most joy. Wasn’t worth living if we didn’t fight to be with the ones we loved or work for the relationships that brought beauty into our lives.

Everything important comes with a cost. We don’t always realize the truth of that because we don’t fight for the things that don’t truly matter to us.

“You see me, Shea?”