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The world was full of people making a lot of noise over things and not enough willing to put in the work to make things right.
I did NOT need the added complication of an old flame (and not even a real flame, more like a match you strike once before you realize you’d rather just freeze)
“The first thing you need to know about your fake boyfriend is that I am definitely a PDA type of guy.”
But in the past few days, I’ve heard your laugh, and I’ve seen your smile—your real smile…” He broke off, shaking his head. “That’s not something a guy can just unsee. It’s a craving now, trying to make you laugh, or smile, or even get mad at me.”
But you’ve also spent the last year trying to control your emotions. Even now, you’re telling me how you should feel. That’s bull. Your feelings are what they are. And there’s a reason for it. You don’t need to sugarcoat them. They’re valid.”
“Why is it always easier to fix other people's problems than it is my own?”
“And I’m not saying that going buck wild is the only way to live. I couldn’t sustain that type of life. Reading books and swinging on the porch is living, too. There’s definitely a balance to be had. I just think that getting out of our comfort zone every so often is when the magic starts to happen.”
I stared at him, dazed and blinking, taking a moment while trying to form actual coherent thoughts. “What are we doing?” “We’re having our moment. And it’s about damn time.” “It’s been literally five da—” His mouth found mine again, breaking apart only for a moment when we were both smiling too wide for the kiss. “It’s been a lot longer for me,” he whispered.
Miles: If I understand your self-persecuting mind as well as I think I do, you woke up about to die of embarrassment. Don’t. Please don’t.
Again, his lips brushed my ear as his voice whispered, “Well, I’m definitely not a saint. I got you where I wanted you.” My eyes narrowed. “In your old house?” He gave me a roguish grin. “In my bed.”
“You are a rush to me. Every time I make you smile, my heart rate goes through the roof. The way you blush and bite your lip and pretend to be annoyed when I tease you…” He patted his chest. “Straight shot of dopamine. Let’s not even talk about what your laugh does to me. But you’re not just my dopamine hit. You’re my soft place to land when I come back down. I don’t need you to go skydiving with me. Or rock climbing. I’m perfectly happy reading a book. Or hanging out watching a movie with you. But there are times when I’d want us to get out of our comfort zones. Make some memories. I want to
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He shook his head. “You can ‘what if’ your whole life away. Relationships are always going to be scary, whether we work together or not. There are always unknowns, but you’ve got to take a chance on something, or else you’re going to spend your life wondering what could have been.”
He also pushed me to get out of my comfort zone, while still being respectful of the fact that my comfort zone was different than his.
