Reegan scowled at Cath. "Are you Zack, or are you Cody?".

Levi's smile broke free and devoured his whole face. It started to devour her face, too. Cath had to look away.

Holding Eleanor’s hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive. As soon as he touched her, he wondered how he’d gone this long without doing it. He rubbed his thumb through her palm and up her fingers, and was aware of her every breath.

He made her feel like more than the sum of her parts.

She bent her neck back and kissed him like she never had before. Like she wasn't scared of doing it wrong.

Why are you lying awake, thinking that you're a terrible person? To keep my mind occupied when I can't sleep. Some people count sheep. I self-loathe.

To really be a nerd, she'd decided, you had to prefer fictional worlds to the real one.