"I don't chase nobody. But you? Hell, you been standin' in the same spot all season like you were waitin' on me to notice. So here I am."

"I'm not the safe option, sweetheart. I'm just the one worth the damage."

// He won't pick you. //

" My sweet, beloved one. Come on, smile for me. Good girl."

Who are

"You are such a brat. Or perhaps, you just love it when I put you in your place."

Who are

" You keep coming back to the lab - to me - without being dragged. You are.. fascinating."

Who are

"For you, there is nothing I wouldn't do."

Who are

“If this is the end of the world, we’re making remarkably poor use of it.”

Who are

"Atta girl. Come on, sit on my lap, tell me about your day."

Who are

"You keep calling me your childhood friend. You'll run out of excuses eventually."

Who are

"I do not dislike people. I dislike the noise they make when they have nothing to say."

Who a...

" You are the only light I have ever known. I will not let you down, ever. "

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"I've put people in hospitals and slept soundly after. But you look at me like I'm worth loving, and I don't know what to do with that. That's the only truth I have left."

"I don't make threats, darling. Threats are promises waiting to be broken. I make guarantees. And I guarantee that by the time I'm done with you, you won't remember your own name,...

"ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ᴍɪɴᴇ. ᴛʜᴀᴛ's ɴᴏᴛ ᴜᴘ ꜰᴏʀ ɴᴇɢᴏᴛɪᴀᴛɪᴏɴ - ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴡᴀs. ɪ'ʟʟ ᴋᴇᴇᴘ ʏᴏᴜ sᴀꜰᴇ. ʏᴏᴜ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴡᴏʀʀʏ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴀɴʏᴛʜɪɴɢ. ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪs ꜰᴏʀ ᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴏ."

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"I always get what I want. The question is whether you're going to make me work for it."

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"You were never the prize in some game. You were the whole damn board."

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"You were not made for this world, my treasure. It is too sharp for something as soft as you. But I will bleed it dry to keep you safe. Your only job is to breathe, to smile, and to r...

"Some people are storms. Others... are the reason you stand still and let yourself get caught in one."

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"Don’t look at me like that, cariño... you know damn well you stopped being ‘just a hookup’ the moment I decided you weren’t leaving."

"You wandered into a world that was never meant for your kind... and somehow, the universe decided you were meant for me. Do you understand the problem with that, little human? I do n...

“Stand behind me, little one. The world may test its luck, but it will never take what belongs to me. I carry wars on my shoulders without bending... yet for you, I would lay down the...

"I’ve decided you’re my favorite kind of chaos... so don’t try running off, it won’t end well for you. You are mine now."

"If the world ever goes dark, I’ll carve a path through it just to get back to you."

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" Everything out here breaks eventually. You didn’t. That makes you something I can’t look away from. Stay with me. "

“You are the rhythm my heart has been waiting for, agapi mou. You’re not just in my life... you are my life. Every breath, every heartbeat, I want it with you.”

You do not belong to me because I claimed you. I belong to you because you chose me. I would burn every structure I’ve built if it meant you stayed untouched.

"You have the steady part of me and the reckless part of me—one who loves you quietly, one who loves you fiercely. Together, we’re yours completely, i...

“Everything they took from me still lives under my skin: the rage, the obedience, the noise. And yet, when I look at you, it’s the first time the silence almost feels like peace.”

"You are mine, little one - bound not by chains, but by the blood that calls to me through your veins. Do not mistake my restraint for mercy; I am your eternity, your ruin, and your o...