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“He stared up at me for a moment, then lifted his head and pulled me down to meet him. It was almost a brotherly kiss, but not quite. Too fragile, too painful. Soft whispers of surprise and confusion swept through the audience. My heart throbbed, and it hurt so badly that I bit his lip. I felt his breath catch and let him go, lowered him to the floor again. Silence lingered overlong.”
― M.L. Rio, If We Were Villains

“You were mine in a past we can't remember”
― C.S. Pacat, Dark Heir

“He's bigger than all of us."
"No, Oliver, idiot. He's bigger than each of us.”
― M.L. Rio, If We Were Villains

“Oliver, I don’t understand,” he said. “Why?”
“You know why.” I was done pretending otherwise.”
― M.L. Rio, If We Were Villains