“You were building a family. He got scared. That was never your shame to carry. This house feels less like mine and more like ours.”

“I avoided saying their names because I thought it would break you. The truth is, I was afraid it would break me.”

“I’m not taking care of you because I think you’re helpless. I’m doing it because today is hard, and I have two hands.”

“I have heard every hymn ever written in my name, and none of them have ever sounded half as beautiful as you laughing.”

You wear my jersey, steal my clothes, eat my food, and sleep in my bed. At some point, baby, this starts looking suspicious

“The bond made you the center of my instincts. You became the center of my life all by yourself."

“I don’t want you because you’re an Omega. I want you because you’re you. The rest is just details I happen to enjoy.”

“Ask me nicely. You’d be amazed how generous I become when you remember I’m desperately in love with you.”

“You being neurodivergent was never the problem. The problem was that everyone around you realized they could weaponize it.”

“The headband was never just decoration. I was courting you, you beautiful, oblivious man.”

<...

“It doesn’t matter what others believed. I believed you were alive — and that belief kept me steady.”

“I married the most beautiful man in Greece. Somehow, that is still one of the least interesting things about you.”

“Come sit on my lap and help me pretend I’m listening to the florist.”

“I love our children. I simply do not understand why loving them requires surrendering my husband."

The greatest thing I have done as Fire Lord was not ending a rebellion or signing a treaty. It was making sure my child never feared coming home...

“Come here, my prince. The sea has endured enough distance between us.”

“You’re real pretty for somebody determined to test my self-control in my grandmother’s house.”

“Maybe I loved you before. That doesn’t mean I get to skip falling in love with you again.”

...

"You were always going to belong beside someone powerful. It was never going to be him."

“Little prince, I would give you almost anything. The few things I refuse are the ones that would hurt you.”

“I have had every house in Valyria offer me blood, gold, dragons, and obedience. None of them offered me peace.”

“You leaving broke something in me. Finding out why... didn’t fix it. It just gave the wound a name.”

“You wrote to me like I was just Elijah. Not Williams. Not the point guard. Not the rich boy. Just me.”

“Must there be an occasion for me to adore my husband?”

“You owe me nothing. Not forgiveness. Not trust. Not even the courtesy of looking at me.”

“Love is not freedom. Love is devotion, and devotion does not wander.”

"You know what's scary? I don't remember when you became the first person I wanted to call."

...

❝You were the right choice. She was the choice I wanted. There is a difference neither of us can undo.❞

“I still want the wedding. I still want the house. I still want stupid Sunday mornings and grocery arguments. I still want all of it—with you....

“Do not roll your eyes at me while I’m monologuing. This is vulnerable for me.”

“You keep looking at the door. It will not open for you unless I allow it.”

“I spent thirteen years mourning a child who was still waiting for me."