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503 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 15, 2021
“It’s like you like being my own personal punching bag. It’s like you want me to hurt you.”
❝will and way. we’re a team. always.❞
a single nod.
a firm squeeze of my pinky.
then a whisper, a promise -
❝always.❞
i. kiss. him.
this boy.
my best friend.
i kiss him.
his eyes remain wide and unblinking, finally, finally locked on my own. our mouths are pressed together firmly. we’re chest to chest, heart to heart, and i wonder if his burns like mine.
∘₊✧ ── "Will and Way. We’re a team. Always." ── ✧₊∘
∘₊✧ ── "There’s an ocean of years separating us. Secrets and unspoken questions sluicing through the waves like grains of sand. And yet, it all falls away in this moment. This stretched out, heartbeat of a moment where I’m suddenly eleven years old again." ── ✧₊∘
∘₊✧ ── "Holy shit, Waylon’s singing. His voice is deep and gravelly as he goes on about things like sinking into my skin and knowing it’s real because now he can feel. And I know—I know he doesn’t actually mean me, but fuck if it doesn’t feel like he’s carving the words right into my poor, battered heart. As if the words are and always have been mine and mine alone, and everyone else in this bar is just background noise." ── ✧₊∘
∘₊✧ ── "“The sun will always rise again.” I shrug. “You just need to make it through the night. Take it day by day—moment by moment if you need to—until you reach the other side. Nothing lasts forever.”" ── ✧₊∘
∘₊✧ ── "That ache in him spoke to the ache in me. I didn’t stand a chance keeping him away. He creeped in, and now I can’t get him out. He’s there, like a thorn in my side, pulling at me—making me care." ── ✧₊∘
∘₊✧ ── "Where there’s a will, there’s a way." ── ✧₊∘
✧⋄⋆⋅⋆⋄☆⋄⋆⋅⋆⋄✧
My dad was right. I am a fucking waste.
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“It’s just...it’s hard for me to wrap my head around it. I didn’t know any different growing up. How can you be traumatized from something when it’s all you’ve ever known?”
“Where there’s a will, there’s a way, right?”
❝you sure you wanna do this, city boy?❞
i give him a sly smile. ❝babe, do you even have to ask?❞