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"what did you find?" he says to her.
"nothing," she replies. "your heart."
"that's nothing?" he says, pretending to be outraged. "nothing? how could you say such a thing?" she smiles at him, a faint smile, but he snatches her hand to his chest.
"and it's your heart," he says. "not mine."

"i won't watch you walk away."
"i'll walk backwards," he says, backing away, "so i can keep you in my sights."
"all the way to london?"
"if i have to."

i can't believe this is basically a shakespeare fan fiction and i'm giggling and blushing over everything he says to his wife as if he's saying it to me

"who did this to you?" oh i just got full body shivers i will never tire of this actually

the writing is so incredible and the storytelling so compelling wow i can't put this down