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1 " How can I defend you, when it’s like I’m not even yours?” The "
― Megan Erickson , Hard Wired (Cyberlove, #3)
2 " I leaned over the counter, jacket riding up in the back, and nearly lost my cool when he automatically tugged it back down for me. How was he exactly the same kind of overprotective sweetheart in person as he was online? "
3 " I think you’re the first guy I’ve met in person who I couldn’t stop staring at.” Was "
4 " He was so sweet. So handsome and charming. And way too good for me. C "
5 " Hey, where’s Cherry?” Kai asked, butting in. “They should be here by now. Fans are coming in any minute.” Everything "
6 " But then I realized Kai had said they not she. My "
7 " No,” Kai said, still fixed on me. “Nope, Cherry never said they were a female. That’s why I started using neutral pronouns. Also, do you identify as male? We shouldn’t assume, Garrett.” Garrett "
8 " not being around people is what makes you feel safe, then you shouldn’t fucking have to sacrifice that for a man. I’m so sick of people acting like…” The sudden rush of defensiveness and anger inside me led to seriously ragey word vomit. “I’m just sick of people who aren’t neurotypical, or who had a hard past, or who can’t be normal, having to have a stiff upper lip and change themselves if they want people to get them or care about them. I’m sorry, but it’s bullshit. Maybe those neurotypical people should consider changing their own thoughts about what’s normal and what’s not, and stop expecting other people to magically change their lives.” The "
9 " You’re always fine. You can do this. You’ve been through fucking worse. You’ve fucked up so much worse. "
10 " I got to watch you fight a hammock for a half hour. "
11 " And—and my first time with a guy was fucking amazing.” I "
12 " Ian: Is that the one that’s like The 100 but they don’t bury the gays? Jesse: "
13 " I like candles better than brighter lights. I feel like I can see in front of me even though I’m still in the shadows. If that makes sense.” “Yeah, it makes sense. As poetic as it is for a guy who just sent me his wood.” “I’m a highly intelligent ho.” Jesse "
14 " It wasn’t until the drive home, while Ian gazed out the passenger window, that I remembered the old woman had described us as two young people in love. Was this what it was like to be in love? To know that you had something precious and live in constant terror it’d be taken away? "
15 " Ian smirked. “Fine. Did we just compromise again?” “We’re fucking compromise experts now.” “We definitely are.” We walked down the hallway hand in hand, just like I’d wanted. "
16 " I don’t hate you.” “I don’t hate you either. Not even a little bit. Not at all.” Ian leaned back to look at me. “Did you just quote Ten Things I Hate About You at me?” “RIP Heath.” “You’re such a dork.” He "
17 " And also… sometimes I think you don’t like that part of me at all, and that kills me.” “That’s not true,” Jesse said, voice rising. “I’m into all of you. And I wish all of you could be into me.” He "
18 " I love you so much. Now let’s finish this video so I can put on that underwear and eat cake off your ass.” Laughing, "
19 " Do you want to rain check on the cake…” “You promised me cake.” Ian stood. “So there will be cake. And then there will be fucking.” As "
20 " I’m just sick of people who aren’t neurotypical, or who had a hard past, or who can’t be normal, having to have a stiff upper lip and change themselves if they want people to get them or care about them. I’m sorry, but it’s bullshit. Maybe those neurotypical people should consider changing their own thoughts about what’s normal and what’s not, and stop expecting other people to magically change their lives.” The "
