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« Forever, by the way. I love you now, and I’ll love you forever. »

« I decided in that moment that her hands in my hair were my favorite thing ever. »

« My heart had never beat this hard, and my chest started to hurt from the throbbing. But if that’s what kissing her would feel like for the rest of my life, I would deal with the pain. »

[I don’t ever want you to stop talking, because your voice is the most beautiful thing I get to hear every day.]

“You’re allowed to struggle,” Wes said quietly, cupping the back of my head with his hand. “It doesn’t make you weak.”

“You don’t have to be fearless. Being scared or nervous is part of life. Just don’t let the fear make the decisions for you.”

« The small, hidden moment we shared lingered in my mind. I found it fascinating how everything around us disappeared when our hands touched. »

« realizing he had only picked that flavor because I had hesitated earlier. »

« I wanted to reach back for her hand. To slip my fingers into hers again and disappear into that quiet, hidden space we’d created just moments before. I wanted that calm back, but I didn’t dare. »

« I didn’t know how she felt, and her feelings mattered more than anything. »
« We were each other’s safe space. And that was everything to me. She was everything to me. »