M.J. O'Shea > Quotes

“Would you change who you were to be with the one person you were meant to love?”
― M.J. O'Shea

“I could barely manage myself sometimes, let alone some miniature kleinman person whose sole method of communication was crying. How would I know what she wanted? How would I keep her happy?”
― M.J. O'Shea, Stuff My Stocking: M/M Romance Stories that are Nice and… Naughty

“We need to find you a man. You're conjuring Cinderfellas.”
― M.J. O'Shea, Letting Go

“From the very beginning, no matter where Elliot was or what they were doing, Danny's gaze instinctively sought him out. It was like everything else was boring shades of gray, and Elliot was a solar flare, bright and burning.”
― M.J. O'Shea, Catch My Breath

“cataclysmic”
― M.J. O'Shea, Bridges

“It took falling in love for real, or maybe just figuring out who I’d loved all along, to realize that what you and I had wasn’t love. It was never love. It sucked.”
― M.J. O'Shea, Open Road

“was his turn—his turn to kiss and lick and taste. His turn to watch Elliot’s back bow, to groan in satisfaction when Elliot grabbed at the blankets, at his hair, desperate for purchase. To shiver when a quiet “Oh God, Danny,” broke the near silence. He didn’t stop, not until he got what he’d wanted, what he’d needed—watching Elliot unravel until he lost all grip on control. Until he could surface from under the blankets, satisfied, and flop into Elliot’s arms and look his fill at the boy who’d taken over his entire soul.”
― M.J. O'Shea, Catch My Breath

“Danny took a few minutes to fix his hair and change out of the track pants and old T-shirt he’d been wearing. He’d never met Elliot’s parents. Not as a friend or a band member, and not as, well, as the guy who was totally in love with their son either. He wanted to look nice. Clothes changed”
― M.J. O'Shea, Catch My Breath

“I‘m not completely straight. I‘ve known that for years.
―Years?
―Yeah.He smiled.Sixth grade at least— when I looked over at this boy who I used to hate and realized that he had the prettiest lips I‘d ever seen and more than anything I wanted to kiss him.”
― M.J. O'Shea , Bridges

“He’s perfect. Looks like a damn angel, but his voice is sex personified.”
― M.J. O'Shea, Catch My Breath

“Spinning, flying, dreaming, falling, Running when I hear you calling, Even when you’re far from reach, I still can’t catch my breath.”
Elliot paused and let Chris’s guitar echo for a long moment before he practically whispered the final line into his microphone.
“The one you took from me….”
― M.J. O'Shea