thatbrunettebooklover’s Reviews > Where There's Smoke > Status Update

Elliot: How long have you been there?
Melody: Long enough to know you’re nothing but a big softy.
Elliot: I am not a softy.
Melody: You are, but you're my softy.

Elliot: You’re all so stinking cute.

Elliot: We should call you Smoky, and your brother Coal. Maybe Ash?

Melody: I didn’t want to press, but I’d come to realize that leaning on those around you when you needed to wasn’t weak. It was smart.

Elliot: What the fuck?!

Melody: And new books are always a good thing.

Fitz: I was going to spoil her rotten, and she had no say in the matter.

Elliot: Is…is that my shirt?

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Melody: I had also become quite fond of the deck out back. It was a light, bleached wood with several flower beds surrounding it. The deck chairs were comfortable and squishy, and given the early autumn weather, it was quite nice to sit outside and read.

Melody: …I'd spent most of my days reading with a puppy in my lap.