Sams

“But when they were alone, he could promise himself that he and Julian were each other's birthright, and that the only unnatural thing was the fact that their blood was divided between two bodies. He could believe that even calling it "sex" was incorrect, because it wasn't about anything so shallow as physical desire. They wanted each other in the way of flesh wanting to knit itself together over a wound.”
― Micah Nemerever, These Violent Delights

“What happens if I lose you again?" Paul didn't mean to ask it aloud, but he couldn't stop himself.
"You don't."
"How do I know that?"
A sharp, inscrutable smile. "You don't.”
― Micah Nemerever, These Violent Delights

“They could only stitch themselves back together if they did something irreversible.”
― Micah Nemerever, These Violent Delights

“All he could think about was throwing himself against a wall, over and over, until he’d smashed himself into shards so fine that the void inside him could finally slip free.”
― Micah Nemerever, These Violent Delights