Daveia

“You have a pattern of doing things you don't enjoy for the sake of others, and I need to be sure the two of us don't fall into it. I need to know you're not initiating something with me because it's something you think I expect. And I need to be certain that you don't feel like you have to be some fantasy lay whose only focus is my pleasure. That you are in a place where you are able to acknowledge and articulate your needs.”
― Ali Hazelwood, Love, Theoretically

“Just existing near you made me remember how to be happy. I feel like I’m finally giving myself a chance, and it started with you.

You did that yourself.

But I couldn’t have done it without you. One of the new things I’ve been working on is being more honest about my feelings. Making sure I communicate them. I just…” I shake my head as I try to collect my thoughts, and Finn looks down at my fidgeting hands on the bench, sliding his own over them and squeezing. “It’s like I was living on autopilot for so long. And then you arrived and you coaxed me out and I started to turn into someone I liked. Someone who participates in their life. You set that in motion, and I’ll never be able to thank you enough for it. I’m so sorry I didn’t tell you all this earlier, how important you are to me. Do you know how special it is that you help people bloom? Maybe now I can take steps forward on my own, but I needed the initial nudge. I won’t deny how much you contributed to getting me out of the dark.”

If he’s the sun, I must be the moon. Sometimes you need a little help to glow.”
― Georgia Stone, The Friendship Fling

“Tell me I can kiss you."
"Well, what are you waiting for, Em?”
― Liz Tomforde, In Her Own League

“He refuses to watch the end of Twilight.

"I think I've seen enough."

But agrees with me that New Moon is the best in the series.”
― Ali Hazelwood, Love, Theoretically