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Forget dying for her. I’d live for her. I feel like I could overcome all the darkness inside if only it meant I’d get a life in her company in return.

“Then I’ll love you with the same intensity that you hate me. I’ll hold on to you just as hard as you push me away. I’ll fix you like you’re fixing me. I’ll always be here, Ophelia, I’ll sit at the bottom of valleys and stand on the top of mountains with you. We’re too good not to work.”

My sadness, I can manage, but hers? Hers makes me want to let the world burn.

“It’s you who’s the sun, Ophelia. I am the moon. You keep me in this tortuous cycle, lighting me up for the shortest time before you disappear again and make me invisible.“

“I’ve built my walls too high.” “They’re worth the climb.” “They aren’t.” We stop on the mansion steps, his tone soft. “They are. For me, they are.”

In a world full of complicated, Ophelia, my feelings for you are extremely simple

“Like me until five. Then we can go back to before.”

“Did you miss me?” Yes. I ignore the question, but I only feel his wicked grin widen against my throat. “Did you miss me, Ophelia?”

“Don’t.” “Don’t what?” “Don’t kiss me.” He cocks an eyebrow, walking his hands over the bed until I’m lying on my back and he’s hovering over me. “No? And why not?”