“But what if you regret it? What if you decide you don’t want to be with me or that I’m too much or that the world of monsters isn’t for you?” “What if you decide you don’t want me?” Alex asked in return. I scoffed, scowling. “As if that could ever be the case, boy.” “Well, Daddy,” Alex said, sliding his free hand over mine. “I want this. I want whatever that means and entails. I want a future together, even if it means we might have stumbling blocks and things to figure out. I want this more than anything I’ve ever wanted before.”
