Christelle

“We said always, didn’t we?” she asked, her voice strained. “Always. Well, if you don’t want that promise in full any longer, I’ll give it to you in increments.” She clutched his hand tighter. “Every day. I’ll choose you. That way you’ll know it’s still what I want.”
― SenLinYu, Alchemised

“She was locked in the dangerous embrace of Kaine Ferron, and it felt like home.”
― SenLinYu, Alchemised

“She was glad she remembered meeting him. She was glad she had half a memory of life without Kier, if only because it reinforced the understanding that she felt unmoored without him. They’d known each other so long, grown into each other like roots of neighboring trees rather than neighboring children until Kier was so intrinsically tied with her understanding of magic that she sometimes had trouble separating the two.”
― V.L. Bovalino, The Second Death of Locke

“Every time you asked, I promised I was yours. Always. There aren’t any exemptions or expiration dates on always.”
― SenLinYu, Alchemised