I would hold you up. I will ever hold you up and hold you dear, lover mine.

Then how about we start with a shower," he said in the kind of deep voice that made her consider the value of cleanliness.

Vishous, could you stop grinning like that? You're beginning to freak me out.

Wellsie frowned. "I'd like you to stay away from him, okay? He's...not right in a lot of ways. Do you know what I mean?" Actually, John wasn't so sure about that. Yeah, the guy was enough to make you think fondly of the boogeyman sometimes, but clearly he wasn't all bad.

I love her so damned much." Manny heard himself say. “That’s my heart right there. That’s my woman”.

When he pulled back, Blay frowned. "You're shaking." Was it possible he wasn't imagining this? "Am I?" "Yes." "I don't care. I love you. I love you so damned much, and I"m sorry that I wasn't male enough to admit—" Blay stopped him with a kiss. "You're plenty male enough now--the rest of it's in the past." "I just...God, I really am shaking, aren't I? Yeah. But it's okay — I've got you." Qhuinn turned his face into one of the male's palms. "You always have. You've always had me...and my heart. My soul. Everything.

After all, tragedy didn't discriminate, so everyone was subject to the same whims of fate.