You don’t need to be afraid of falling // when there’s someone around to catch you.

Don't worry he tells me tenderly. It doesn't matter who you've been, who you are, or who you become. I'm with you every step of the way.

My heart shifted a little in my chest; it seemed to swell and beat against my bones until I couldn't hear.

I’d never known it was possible to love as he did— with complete devotion yet devoid of promises.

He'd said the sun could burn me. It certainly looked angry enough, all orange and glowing mad.

I’m sick of asking questions everyone else already knows the answers to.

Before he bent his head, I knew what he was going to do. Touch his lips to mine. Oh, and I wanted him to... I stilled, hardly daring to breathe. The old refrain of cant and shouldn't sank beneath the weight of new worlds like please and yes.