Special Needs Quotes

“You can have anything you want.”
“I want you, so I already have everything.”
― K.A. Merikan, Special Needs: The Complete Story

“He laughed again and showed Liam a t-shirt with a dancing heart-shaped toast and the words ‘Nothing say’s I love you quite like Coffee and Toast’.
“Do they have one saying ‘Nothing says I love you quite like anal’?” Liam raised an eyebrow.
“Huh?” Ryan just stared at him, unsure of what Liam meant.
Liam pouted and moved his hands to the front of the garment, as if he were holding someone’s hips in place. “I don’t want my t-shirts to lie.”
“Awww. You’re such an honest person.”
― K.A. Merikan, Special Needs: The Complete Story

“You said you have a backup plan.” Ryan just sat there, not looking up.
“That’s not the point.” Liam walked over, until his knees hit the bed and he couldn't see Ryan’s face anymore, so instead, he gazed at his colorful hair. “I don’t have a backup plan for losing you.”
― K.A. Merikan, Special Needs: The Complete Story

“Why do you keep pushing me all the time?” Ryan looked at him with a pout.
“Because a guy like you shouldn’t be alone.”
― K.A. Merikan, Special Needs: The Complete Story

“I don’t wanna say ‘I love you’, cause it’s been, like, two months since we met, but... I want you to know I’m falling for you more every day,” Ryan said quietly, without taking his eyes off Liam”
― K.A. Merikan, Special Needs: The Complete Story

“Liam pulled him into his arms, just like he always did.
Ryan smiled and gave his cheek a peck. “You don’t have to,” he said but he sure wouldn’t be pushing the issue. This was exactly what he wanted.
“I do.” Liam pushed the door open with his elbow. “It’s obligatory for men taking their princes to their castle.”
― K.A. Merikan, Special Needs: The Complete Story

“I’m like a Happy Meal without the toy.”
Liam gave him an incredulous look. “Are you kidding? You’re like a Happy Meal with two toys.”
― K.A. Merikan, Special Needs: The Complete Story

“What Liam saw was beyond his imagination, and immediately, all of his skin prickled with the bristling hairs. Dozens of shallow cuts paralleled in precision that had nothing to do with scratching yourself against a ‘metal thingy’. It was a diary of Ryan’s pain, a constant, neverending stabbing”
― K.A. Merikan, Special Needs: The Complete Story

“Liam... You’re the best. You’re handsome, funny, patient with my fits, a fantastic cook. You taught me how to swim.” Ryan bit his lip, eyes focused on the shadowed face in front of him. “Like, if there was a zombie apocalypse, you’d save me and feed me.” He smiled. “I wouldn’t need some loser with a guitar that wouldn’t even work without electricity. I’d need a real man. The kind that runs into a burning building to save me.”
― K.A. Merikan, Special Needs: The Complete Story

“Write down the date, because I’m getting that tattoo five years from now, okay?”
The tears that had been only a gloss over Ryan’s eyes now spilled down his temples. “You’re doing this on purpose.” Ryan laughed and gently punched his arm.
“Just a little bit.” Liam rolled Ryan to his back and lapped off the salty wetness. His chest was swelling with joy”
― K.A. Merikan, Special Needs: The Complete Story

“Man, that was a close call. Ryan’s still upset about our hookup?”
“He said ‘vagina’, okay?” stuttered Liam, pushing Matt to the side. “I have to go to him!”
Matt raised an eyebrow, confusion painted all over the handsome face. “Huh? Is he being assaulted by a vagina?”
“Something must have happened. It’s his safeword.”
― K.A. Merikan, Special Needs: The Complete Story