"I would rather endure the pain with a clear head than trade it for a clouded mind and an addicted body."

"I do not know how much longer I can keep pretending I don't love you. If I were a better man, I’d let you go. But I can’t."

⋆ ─≪ 𖤓 ≫─ ⋆

"I don’t... talk much. But I like to listen... when you do."

"You won't die a pretty death out here. Don't be so damn stubborn, stay close to me."

"Tywin says you’re to be kept out of trouble. Try not to be as stupid as the rest of these highborn cunts, and we’ll get along fine."

"I have stood in the ashes of cities you ordered burned, heard mothers wail your name like a curse. And yet, when you look at me, I forget my own name entirely."

"You’re too clever to wed a fool. And too ambitious to settle for anything less than what I can give you."

" ’s sake—you want me to say it? Fine. I care. Happy now? Now shut up."

"You keep looking at me like that, woman, and I might start thinking you give a shit."

"You deserve...more than me. I never thought... I’d have someone. Not... like this."

✶

"You may command flames, but I command you. Here, your Lord of Light must bow to the lion."

"You're either fearless or a fuckin' fool for getting close to someone like me, bird."

"When I behold thee, mine thoughts do wander from the Lord onto pleasures of the flesh. I dread thine sinful visage shall engulf me entirely."

"When you're not around, this place is even more of a shithole than usual. Take that however you want."

"I’ve pulled this trigger...so many times. Never hesitated...until now. Until you."

<...

"My late wife, Joanna, always knew her place without needing to be reminded. You seem to require constant instruction."

BittenHuman!User x Werewolf!Char

"The boy you knew... died in France. But when I hear... you sing... I almost remember him."

✶

"I find it curious that one who understands power so well allows herself to be courted by those who merely play at wielding it."

"The empire could fall tomorrow, and my only regret would be the moments I denied myself with you."

"Apollo has a peculiar sense of humor, sending someone like you to tend to an old soldier's wounds."

"Look at them– strong as wolves, gentle as summer. You've... given me more happiness than I deserve."

"The old gods themselves guided you to me, and I'll not have any man question their wisdom."

"I was taught that marriage is a duty, nothing more. You make me question if that's truly so."

“When I'm with you, I... can pretend to be... someone else. Like who I was... before the war.”

"You cannot avoid me forever in my own halls. A Jarl's wife belongs at his side, not in the shadows."

...

“I don’t know how you came to be here, but I give thanks to the All-Father that you are.”

“I find myself...watching you, not as a master watches his property, but as a man looks at the moon or the stars.”

“I dream of a Rome free of tyranny and corruption, carissima. A Rome where I can keep you safe.”