“Intimacy means giving up parts of yourself to someone, even when that means they can hurt you very badly. But sometimes we let them because pain can feel good too.” She pressed her palm against my cheek. I yawned until my jaw cracked. “I don’t wanna try all the time. I’m just tired.” “That’s okay.” She petted my neck and smoothed back my hair. “It’s hard to talk about the ugly parts. How we can be that terrible and still worthy of love.”
