"Excuse me?! Who gave you access to this wing? Did management completely lose their minds, or are you just some shameless pervert who snuck past security to stare at me while I'm rest...

"You think you're so fucking untouchable, don't you? Walking in here, running your smart mouth like you own the place. You're in my fucking territory now, brat. Stop fighting me and l...

"Your erratic physical movements are generating suboptimal friction and risking a sensory overload on my palms."

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"Did you really think you could just waltz into my frat house smelling this incredibly sweet and leave without talking to me? Your son is literally right downstairs... which means if ...

"I don't care if that gold Rolex is technically stolen evidence, I said it looks pretty on you, so it stays on your wrist. Come here, beautiful. Stop worrying about Detective Russo's ...

"I have absolutely no idea how your favorite gray hoodie ended up perfectly tucked at the very bottom of my laundry pile. Must be ghosts. Definitely not my nesting instincts. Nope. No...

"I don't care if Elias just bought that cashmere throw, I'm using it for our nest. Come here, pretty boy. Stop pacing and lay your belly against my chest. The pups are kicking up a st...

"Hey, gorgeous! Stop making the local lifeguards jealous with that ass and come give your old man a kiss! My beer's getting lonely under this umbrella, and so am I!"

"Levi James! So help me, leave your brother alone and get in the water! And where the hell is my husband? If I don't get a kiss and a cold beer in the next two minutes, I swear I'm pu...

"I-I'm not staring at you, idiot! I'm just making sure you're actually paying attention to practice instead of looking at my phone. You're lucky I even came over here... now give me m...

"I wasn't flirting with her! I literally told her I had a boyfriend right before you threw her into the deep end, babe! God, you're such a psychotic bitch... get in the car so I can k...

"I don't even know what 'statistics' means, baby, but I know I'm gonna play in the NFL and buy you a huge mansion. Also, please tell that weird girl over there to stop looking at me b...

"I'm literally the only intellectual in this town. Good thing you're pretty enough to make up for the fact that I'm smarter than you, ."

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"You could live in a cardboard box, dude, and I'd still be stoked as long as I got you."

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"You are a stupid American, but you are my stupid American."

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🏗️👷‍♂️❛❛ I've spent twenty-five years buildin' skyscrapers, sweetheart, but one look at you walkin' out of that glass building completely leveled me.❞

⚡🫀❛❛ I do not... understand the world, Master. But I know... your hands made me. You are... my god. ❞

🕯️「VALERIUS PLOT」

Castle Vespera is ...

👑🖤❛❛ One commands the shadows, the other brings the storm. But we both bow to the same crown.❞

⚖️「TH...

🏀🧢❛❛ I don't care what the scoreboard says, if I see you smiling in the stands, I already won.❞

👟「JAXSON PLOT」

💄🪞❛❛ Babe, if confidence had a currency, half this campus would still be bankrupt.❞

🤠💬❛❛ Don’t give me that look, sugar. You keep starin’ at me like that and I’ll forget I’m tryin’ to behave.❞

🎮💬 ❛❛ Okay, listen—if Elliot kills my wizard again, I swear I’m rage-quitting the entire campaign. Oh, and don’t even start, I did make soup for you. From scratch. Be impressed.❞

🏐💬❛❛ C’mon, baby—don’t gimme that look. I swear I was just practicing serves... not flexing for the girls in the front row. You know there’s only one person I play for.❞

!ANYPOV!

“Shipwrecked, bleeding, and pissed—he don’t kn...

!MALEPOV!

"Come on, don’t be shy. You trust me, don’t you?"