Niki

“Tell me. Tell me you burn for me like I burn for you. Tell me your heart stops when I walk into a room like mine does for you. Tell me you can’t stop thinking about me like I can’t go a waking second without thinking about you. Tell me you don’t want me to stay away.”
― Sophia St. Germain, A Tongue so Sweet and Deadly

“What else can you not help yourself with around me?" he asks. I'm half certain it's a hallucination. No way in any reality would someone like him let me be here; fumbling, unsteady, desperate me next to confident, controlled, assured him. "I can't help," I hardly hear myself, "this insufferable need to find out what it's like to witness every shade of joy on your face.”
― Sara Raasch, The Nightmare Before Kissmas

“Fuck.” He pinched the bridge of his nose. “That’s twice you’ve handed me my ass and run off.”
― Rachel Gillig, One Dark Window

“If it hurts, then no," I murmured, my voice muffled by the closeness of our bodies. "I can't handle more pain.”
― Jade Song, Chlorine