You don’t know what it’s like to be alone until you’ve had someone inside your head.

People try to make sense of things, and if they don’t know the answers, they make them up,because for some, a wrong answer is better than none.

Finally, I understood what else was going on. I might be slow, but given time, I put the pieces together. "You have no reason to be jealous, I promise. We talked... and trained. You're the only boy who gets close like this." "Oh." A long, slow breath escaped him. "I feel so stupid." I put my lips to his cheek and whispered, "Don't. I love you, Fade.

Not just when its easy. All the time.

We stand a professional distance apart, as if I can’t feel his pain screaming in my head. Mine amplifies his; they share a joint sound—that of glass breaking—until they swell to a crescendo that deafens.

Are you afraid of falling, baby? No, I’m afraid of landing. [He’s laughing, and I’m smiling.] Stupid idiot smile, don’t you know what comes next?

He’s worth fighting for, but I won’t change who I am for any man. No more than he should alter himself to suit me.