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They thought civilisation would be fine because it was before. The world gave us warnings but they went unheeded. At the cost of everything.
The ones who worry that if they get too close they might catch the gay. One guy told me that once and I looked him up and down, pointed at myself and said, ‘You couldn’t catch this gay if you had tickets to Hamilton.’
Who knew it would take longer to gestate a tiny human than to destroy the world?
Oh man, I hope Paul Rudd survived the bug.
He isn’t a monster. He proved that much when he didn’t shoot me.
Andrew, who I met six weeks ago, is someone I was willing to jump in front of a gun for.
could listen to his laugh until the day I die and never get sick of it.
‘We’re only the choices we make now. Press your luck, hon. People can surprise you sometimes.’
don’t know why this person is so damn important. Then it hits me. It’s because it feels like love.
‘Yeah. Let’s go down there in search of one person like a needle in a Florida-size haystack, and if we don’t find anything and civilisation really is only you, me, a seventy-year-old-woman in Bethesda, some tax-obsessed Pennsylvanians, Chris and his kids in Chicago, and an Axe-Mannequin, then so be it. Besides, we can always walk back up after the winter to let Henri know either way.’
Let’s be clear on one thing. It’s fucking torture having the boy you’re in love with sleeping in the same bed as you. Like, right next to you.
Penis bees be damned!
Andrew makes several Blake Bortles references – references I actually get. ‘How do you know who Blake Bortles is? He didn’t even play for the Jaguars any more when the superflu hit.’ ‘The Good Place, dude.’
Andrew smiles, attempting to help me through it. Are you trying to tell me you love me?’ ‘Thank you, yes. I am. I love you.’ I’m crying now. And I will always love you.’
‘You make me feel safe. Like the world hasn’t ended and there’s nothing left. Because I have you.’
If things get hard again, I’ll carry him. And he’ll carry me. And we’ll be OK.
But then I look at him; I hear his laugh, I see his smile, and the darkness melts away. Then I do have hope – even just for a little while – because I know that there is something in this world I can fight for. Something I will fight for if I have to.
