The boy who walks in the light.

We can heal. Perhaps we can return to that same place we once stood, when we were both young and innocent.

My heart's been torn wide open, just like I feared it would be, and I have no willpower to close it back up.

Absolute power is absolute power, no matter what it's called.

Tomorrow, I will take on all of these things. I will be unstoppable.

Now, as we stand three feet apart and stare at each other, I feel the full distance that comes with spending so much time apart, a moment filled with the electricity of a first meeting and the uncertainty of strangers.

I don't know if anyone's ever told you this", he begins. He doesn't blush, and his eyes don't dart away. Instead I find myself starring into a pair of oceans - one perfect, the other blemished by that tiny ripple. "You're very attractive." I've been complimented on my appearance before. But never in his tone of voice. Of all the things he's said, I don't know why this catches me off guard. But it startles me so much that without thinking I blurt out, "I could say the same about you." I pause. "In case you didn't know." A slow grin spreads across his face. "Oh, trust me. I know.