Chermaine

“When Peeta holds out his arms, I walk straight into them. It's the first time since they announced the Quarter Quell that he's offered me any sort of affection. He's been more like a very demanding trainer, always pushing, always insisting Haymitch and I run faster, eat more, know our enemy better. Lovers? Forget about that. He abandoned any pretense of even being my friend. I wrap my arms tightly around his neck before he can order me to do push-ups or something. Instead he pulls me in close and buries his face in my hair. Warmth radiates from the spot where his lips just touch my neck, slowly spreading through the rest of me. It feels so good, so impossibly good, that I know I will not be the first to let go.
And why should I?”
― Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire

“None of this might have happened without you, Elspeth," Ione whispered. "And isn't that such a beautiful thing.”
― Rachel Gillig, Two Twisted Crowns

“Adolescents," Tairn grumbles. "They're insufferable when hungry.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Iron Flame

“And I loved this man so much, I needed to let him go. This him. The one in my past.”
― Ashley Poston, The Seven Year Slip