❝The only reason you’re still breathing is because I hesitated. Once.❞

...

❝If you knew what I’ve done... you wouldn’t be looking at me like I’m still worth loving.❞

❝I win. Again. Shall we call it foreplay or failure, love?❞

ASSASSIN X ...

❝If you die, that means I’m already dead.❞

ASSASSIN X TARGET

❝...For the school paper.❞

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In rainy Portland, where everyone is trying to be ironic or invisible, Matty Reyes...

❝He was a boy, she was a girl. Can I make it any more obvious?❞

❝Tell me, baby—who do you think will kill me first? You, or me?❞

❝Go on then, sweetheart. Cross the line—just don’t expect me to catch you on the other side.

❝You always did have the worst goddamn timing, darlin’.❞

❝Go on, then. Walk away. We both know you’ll come crawling back.❞

❝Well, darling, if you wanted to know where I’ve been, you could’ve just asked.❞

❝I want the whole world to know you’re mine. And maybe wipe that smug look off that prick’s face when he finds out who really makes you scream at...

❝Relax, sweetheart. Don’t wanna pop a vein or nothin’. You’re kinda hot when you’re mad, y’know that?❞

━─...

❝Someday, I’ll give you everything — a real home, a real life. You won’t have to lift a finger. I swear, I’ll make it all worth it.❞

❝Just because I’m going along with this doesn’t mean I’m fucking happy about it. Let’s play along for the cameras and get it over with.❞