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If fate is what brought you to me, Iβm not only a believer β Iβm a worshiper.
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It didnβt matter if it was true or not. When you said something enough, you started to believe it. And when you believed it, you became it.
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She had my number on her chest. And my heart in her hands.
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I had everything Iβd ever wanted. All because I begged my parents to buy me Halo.
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I love you,β I repeated. βI may be a colossal fuck up. I may make mistakes. I may disappoint you and fall short in more ways than I measure up. But I love you, and that will never not be true.
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You wanna be chivalrous?β she asked, spinning to face me as she continued walking backward. Her ponytail swung with the motion, and something tightened in my chest at the sight of her so light and carefree. βGo to a womenβs march. Vote for a female to take office. Read a book on feminism.
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It was a kiss I felt all the way down to my toes. It stirred my desire as much as it soothed my aching heart. It was the feeling of coming home after a long trip. It was Christmas morning and a sunset on the beach. It was a night spent between the sheets and a day of perfect sunshine. It was Leo, and it was me. It was us.
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You can take anything out on me because you know what? I can handle it. I can take it. I can go to war for you, or with you, if itβs what you need.
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Leo: Iβm really glad I met you.
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Leo: Youβre right, school sucks. I miss summer days with you.
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Look, what happens to me is none of your business.β βWhat if I want it to be?
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As long as itβs okay with you, Daddy.β Kyle and Braden exchanged looks, and Leo grinned. βIβll allow it, since youβve been such a good girl.
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This is the real thing, Stig. You and me, right here, right now. I want it. I want us.
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Iβm yours,β I promised her. βIβm not going anywhere.
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I rolled my eyes, but my heart was light as a bird, the wings of it fluttering in my chest and making it impossible not to smile. Iβd never felt more at home.
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I wrapped my arms fiercely around him, squeezing my eyes shut as we both exhaled in relief at finally being together again.
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Wherever we go, whatever we do, you belong to me,β I said, kissing along her jaw. βAnd I belong to you.
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stigma, which was the ancient Greek term for tattoo.
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Pack my schedule with more than a normal human being can handle and Iβll show you the impossible.
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That girl is nasty,β Kyle said, but he said it in a way that made me feel strangelyβ¦ honored? Like nasty was a good thing.
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No matter what life throws at us, what you throw at me β we will make it. Just stay,β he said, kissing me again. βThatβs all I need. Stay, and I promise, no matter what happens, Iβll make it right.
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Mary, do you know where theββ I handed a fresh bottle of black ink to Tray before they could finish their sentence, and they chuckled, taking it out of my hand. βDonβt know where weβd be without you,β they said, the light gleaming off their turquoise hair.
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Iβm sorry I hurt you. Iβm so, so fucking sorry. But Iβm here. And I want you, Mary, you. All of you. Exclusive. No bullshit, no wondering whatβs next, no games.β I looked at her again. βIβve never felt anything for anyone else but you β even when I didnβt know it was you all along. Youβre fucking it for me.
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And in the quiet dark of that hotel room, I silently promised to never hurt her again, to never put her second to anything, to never let her push me away even when her defensive instinct told her to. I promised to do everything in my power to always make her stay, even when things got rough. Mary Silver was finally mine. It was the sweetest win of my life.
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They have three hearts, which I thought was pretty rad. But I think the connection I really made was with the fact that with three organs pumping blood into them, and eight arms that essentially all have a mind of their own β they must feel pulled in so many different directions, you know? Like theyβre made up of too much to be confined into one little being.
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If you think Iβm going to fuck you without worshipping this perfect fucking body first, you donβt know me at all.
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Youβre telling me you saw what I drew you and it didnβt click? Me and you, an Xbox controller, the stars?
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See?! I havenβt read more than a page since I finished that Elsie Silver cowboy romance two weeks ago.β She pouted. βIβm ruined.
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When you said something enough, you started to believe it. And when you believed it, you became it.
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I chuckled, and then as the crowd started to thin where we were walking, I noticed she was on the side of the path closest to the street. I slowed my step until she passed a little in front of me before I came around the back of her and she had no choice but to scoot over closer to the tents and have me between her and the street, instead.
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Make βem laugh, make βem laughβ¦
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