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like a cup of espresso.
“Has anyone ever been able to tell you no?”
“Well, I guess there’s a first time for everything.”
“Liv, Liv, Liv, Liv, Liv,”
“Hi.”
“I’m gonna score a goal for you.”
For you,
“That was for you!”
“I like it when you smile,”
“It makes me want to smile too.”
“She’s my date.”
Because what I want is you.”
“If I find something like you and Dad had, the last thing I’ll do is let it get away from me.”
“I’d cuddle with you.”
“You can’t kiss my not-a-real-date-but-actually-is-a-real-date at midnight!”
“That’s why you bought Olivia cinnamon buns and cheesecake and talked her into getting her face painted with you last week. That’s why you stood there with your arms around her during the tree lighting, just because she shivered, and that’s why you invited her to a party at your house, even though you never have meaningless hookups here. Because Olivia means something to you, and you, my friend, have a crush.”
Because I can do better, be better, and I can do it for Olivia. I want to do it for Olivia.
I don’t see how I’ll ever get enough of this, of her, of us.
Charming? Check. Funny? As fuck. Make her smile? Straight from my bucket list.
if everything is always going to be until Olivia,
For Olivia.
“Is it forever?”
“Good-bye?”
A goddamn Oreo. Woman’s my fucking soul mate.
I want to work for it, for us. I want to be better, not only for her, but for myself too.
The truth is, I think I’d give her anything she ever needed, all she’d have to do is ask.
I want to fucking own her, make her mine, every damn inch of her, for nobody but me.
Fuck. I’m not in control. I’m not in control at fucking all.
“You’re my princess.”
I’ve never been happier.
“What if I fall in love with you?”
“Then I’ll fall with you, too, Ollie girl.”
“Every inch of you. It’s all my favorite. You’re my favorite. My princess.”
“I think I love your smile more than anything in this world.”
and I empty everything I have into this woman my heart beats for.
“That’s my fucking princess!”
“Say one more fucking word about her and you’re gonna be spitting chiclets.”
“I refuse to let you push me away again.”
“You’re enough, Ollie. So enough you leave me overflowing. And I don’t think a good measure of confidence is whether you compare yourself to others. It’s only natural. I think it’s about showing each other what we mean to the other and being confident in what we have together. That’s where that feeling of enough comes from.”
“My heart chooses you because you’re feisty and fierce. You’re sarcastic and you know how to clap back at me, and I love those bits of confidence. But I love when you show me your sensitive side, too, and I love that you think you hide it so well but actually wear it on your sleeve.”
let me in. Let me see you. Let me have you. All of you.”
“If you want obsession, fierce appreciation, wild, unrestrained passion … If you want fucking magic, Ollie, then it’s me. Let it be me.”
“Let’s be scared together.”
“I need you to know that I’d never hurt you. Hurting you would break my heart, and you own that thing. You’re my Ollie girl.”
“I think I love you, Ollie.”
“You’re my favorite everything, Ollie.”
Mine.
and I feel whole again.
Because I’m slightly terrified to be alone with a child. Surely I can’t be trusted with a little person’s life? I’m barely an adult myself.
“If I had to choose between you and Oreos for the rest of my life, I’d choose you every day, always.”
