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“I…” He swallowed, but the lump in his throat remained. He'd never felt so helpless. It took a couple tries before he admitted hoarsely, “I can’t go back to what my life was without him.”💔

“You’re everything to me, Briar. I don’t think I’ve ever really lived—not since I was a kid. I was just existing. Then you showed up and blasted sunshine into every corner of my life. You’re everything. You’re light and breath. You’re life.”

“I love seeing you smile, Briar, but I’m not just giving you things to make you happy. I’m giving you pieces of my life. Ways to fit into my world. Because that’s where you belong.”🧡

“I’d do anything for you,” he blurted, clasping Derek’s unshaven cheeks between his palms. “I want you so much.” Derek’s smile was crooked. “You’ve already got me,” he said cynically. “However little I can give you.”🧡

It’s because when you smile, the world wants to smile back. How many people can say that?”💖

There’s a lot you don’t know about me,” Derek retorted, feeling ridiculous and playful. It was dark and balmy, and he was alone in one of his favorite places with someone who was quickly becoming one of his favorite people. It was impossible to be in a bad mood.🧡

As far as anyone would ever know, he was straight, and he was planning to stay that way no matter how soft Briar’s skin was. No matter how perfectly he fit in Derek's arms.

hope springs eternal, so here he was. Even if he got tossed out on his ass, he wanted to know every shadow, every scar, every story behind what made a man like Derek tick.