Fence Fence Comic Quotes

“Have you ever… liked anyone for real?” Harvard asked in a voice that started low and sank with every word, until it almost disappeared on the word real.

Aiden didn’t trust himself to speak, so he only nodded.

“What did you say to him?”

“I never said anything to him,” Aiden answered slowly. “But there were things I wanted to say.”

“Like what?” murmured Harvard, then shut his eyes, lashes black silk fans against his cheekbones. “You don’t have to say. Not if it hurts. You don’t have to.”

It hurt, but this would be Aiden’s only chance to say all the things he wanted to say. He wouldn’t get another.

Life always hurt, but Harvard was the only one who could ever make it feel better.

Aiden leaned in toward Harvard as close as he could get, so close that every breath was like a storm in the tiny space between them. The blood beneath his skin seemed like thunder, every faint electric impulse turned to dangerous lightning, and every whisper to a desperate shout.

Aiden whispered: “Listen.”
― Sarah Rees Brennan, Striking Distance