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“What are you doing here? I asked. You don’t like thunderstorms, he answered. I tilted my head, confused. You walked a mile in the rain because I don’t like thunderstorms? He hesitated for a second, looking away, frowning slightly. Then he looked back at me and said simply, Yes. He paused, his expression pained. I know I’m probably the last person you want to see right now, but I just thought if I sat on your porch, you wouldn’t be scared. You wouldn’t be alone.”
― Mia Sheridan, Archer's Voice

“Or he just wanted to be understood.” Her soft murmur echoes in the air, then she purses her lips as if regretting what she said. My body goes rigid. That’s the first fucking time someone ever said that about my less sophisticated version.”
― Rina Kent, God of Malice

“You said—you said that you loved me too.”
― Laura Nowlin, If He Had Been with Me

“Sometimes I thought I was dreaming but then realized I was actually awake. It was getting harder to wake up.”
― T.J. Klune, Wolfsong