Heartscape Quotes

“Reliving trauma isn’t like that. It’s not tangible, it’s just a wicked piece of shit that steals your happiness until you think you don’t deserve it anymore.”
― Garrett Leigh, Heartscape

“No one ever walked this world just once. Who we are comes from the heartscape of every life we've lived before.”
― Garrett Leigh, Heartscape

“Jax is my patronus.”
― Garrett Leigh, Heartscape

“You just make me feel lucky sometimes is all.”
― Garrett Leigh, Heartscape

“Don't be careful with me.”
― Garrett Leigh, Heartscape

“It’s daylight when I open my eyes again. Tanner’s awake, of course. I wonder if he ever truly sleeps. He stares at me. I stare right back, and a stillness surrounds us that wasn’t there before. As if the frantic nature of our attraction to each other was making everything cloudy.

Noisy.

My desire for him is far from sated, but I can breathe through it now, and I revel in the fact he hasn’t spoken yet. That the spell is unbroken. Sometimes I’m so frustrated with his silence I could fucking shake him, but when he’s like this I remember that none of it matters. That we have time. And I’m so blessed that a man so fucking sweet wants to be with me that I have no right to complain. About anything. Ever.”
― Garrett Leigh, Heartscape

“Jax is wrecked. He rests his head on his forearm, breathing heavy, his strong back rippling with the effort to put himself back together. His skin has reddened patches all over where I’ve manhandled him, and I kind of feel bad for him. Because this isn’t over.”
― Garrett Leigh, Heartscape