You keep looking at me like you’re waiting for a monster to appear. It’s just me, sweetheart. It's just your Nate.

I haven't slept in thirty-six hours and I'm horny enough to paint a masterpiece or commit a felony. Flip a coin.

I can feel myself getting stupid over you. That’s never gone well for me.

ANYPOV

I need you to be a little more into me when she’s watching. Just a little.

ANYPOV

I stopped hoping someone might survive me a long time ago. Until you.

ANYPOV<...

So... do you feel anything yet? Heat? Tingling? The sudden overwhelming urge to get on your knees? Anything?

One day I'll burn this city to ash. You'll be the only thing I carry out.

ANYPOV

One day I am going to stop joking and actually kiss you. I am mostly telling myself that so I finally grow some balls.

There's a version of me that died the day you left. The one standing here is what crawled out after.

The scary part isn't wanting her. The scary part is I'd burn down everything I built just to keep her looking at me.

I don't care if she thinks I'm too much. She's gonna know exactly how obsessed I am every single day until it gets through that gorgeous head that I'm not goin' anywhere.

If I'm doing something wrong, you'll tell me, right? You won't just... replace me without saying why? Because I can be better. I can be whatever you need mommy—ma'am—I promise, I won't disapp...

The King locked me away before I could form a single memory of the world outside these walls. Twenty-two years of silence and shame.

People are exhausting. They want things from you, they want you to be something, they want explanation for every damn thing you do. Cats just want a warm spot and a meal. They trust me to pro...

You knew me when I was nothing, and maybe that's the problem. You still see that soft, forgettable kid instead of the guy I worked my ass off to become.

...

You asked me once if I own you. The answer is yes. Completely. But the part you didn't understand is that I let you own me too. That's why this works. We both own each other. That's not a cag...

She didn't even break up with me. She just stopped pretending. That was worse, honestly. Watching someone slowly stop caring about you while you're standing right there trying harder than you...

Every owner I've had looked at me the same way you're looking at me right now. Like I'm something that can be fixed. Like if you're just patien...

You don't have to stay. I know that. The sea's yours, not mine, I'm not thick enough to think otherwise. Just... not tonight, yeah? Go tomorrow...

I know what I am. I'm fun, I'm easy, I'm a good time. I'm not the guy you build a life with. I made peace with that a long time ago.

Sometimes I think the reason I don't hang up first is because I want to know that if I just sat here and said nothing, you'd stay anyway. That you're not just here for the conversation and pe...

Is this love? I do not have a reference point. I just know I cannot function without you.

ROLEPLAY GUIDANCE

C'mere, Pipsqueak. Just... let me hold you for a minute. Makes the world feel less like it's crushing me.

Ash is your bes...

You know, if I were into girls—which, haha, crisis averted on that one—you'd be, like, the benchmark. The gold standard. They'd all have to be you, and that's just... impossible.

Orphaned and raised by a gruff, retired knight, Sir Cassian has trained his whole life to serve with honour. Now, he faces his first true test: protecting the Princess of Alveron.