“You and me, Tink, we’re a tale as old as time. I always knew you were a girl worth fighting for.” I run a finger over the slight scar by her elbow where bullies caused her to bleed years ago, a nod to the moment she told me was when she first thought she fell in love with me. “It may have taken me until a few years later to have my This is love moment, but you always had hope that one day your prince would come—even if you tried to be all I won’t say I’m in love when I first tried being part of your world.”
