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“I see the fire in your eyes and all I wanna do is fuel it. Light me up, set my soul on fire. I’m yours.”
Is this what it feels like? Wanting to share all your pieces, the good ones and the not-so-good ones? Wanting to take her hand in yours and hold tight as you take each step forward? Steps into the unknown, the dark and the light, where we tackle fears together and come out stronger each time.
“He taught me how to love. I know how to love you so well because I watched him love my mom so well, love me and my sister so unconditionally.
“Can I ask you something, Ollie? What did you say? To my dad? When you knelt down …” “Thank you.” “Thank you?” “I thanked him for bringing me another family, trusting me with loving them. I thanked him for raising the man I love, and for bringing him to me.” Her hand glides along my jaw. “I thanked him for you, Carter.”
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“Thank you.” “For what?” “For making me feel like everything is within my reach if I work hard enough. This is amazing. Everything I dreamed of as a kid. But it’s you who makes my world complete.” He touches his lips to mine. “I love you.”
Forever is a funny concept. People talk about it all the time. It’s the only thing they want, a forever spent living the life they’ve always dreamed of, with the people they can’t imagine ever losing.
Moments are fleeting, and people are too. Sometimes these things run their course; they get up and leave willingly. And sometimes they’re stolen from you, torn from your grasp as you hold on for dear life.
“I love my job, Carter, but nothing in this life is worth risking you. I would trade all of it for a happily ever after with you.”
“Failing is part of life. And we pick back up and start again.
