swoon

I__ an anchor and he is the sea and I sink into his tenderness as he presses my hand to his heart.

She smiled and her whole face lit up. Or maybe it was mine. All I know for certain is that smile lit up even my darkest days.

Why?"He stopped pacing and looked at her as if she'd just asked him to count every leaf on every tree in the Old Place. "Because... you're you.

Those ties...those ties are forever, and I never wanted to be connected to any other person so permanently. Forever was always meant for you and me, Spence.

I want the strings. I want the ball and fucking chain. I want to be so tied to you that you can__ ever slip away from me again.

The best listeners listen between the lines.

Jonah__ hair sprays water each time he flips around, in search of another fish. Droplets shimmer on his skin. He__ really cute. And Hallelujah can__ help but think about last night. About him liking her. He flashes her a smile, and something inside her swoons.

I don__ want any other girl._ He shook his head and took a step closer, cupping my face in his hands. __ belong with you and you belong with me.

I don__ think you__e crazy at all. I don__ want you to think that either. I can__ say that I understand what__ going through your head, but I can say that I__l be here for you no matter what. If I haven__ made it clear, I love you more than anything.

Bran and I are two loose ends who found a way to tie ourselves together.

I__ memorizing what takes me away. What saves me.

The Janus Guard will also be out that night,_ he said, one hand reaching out to squeeze her shoulder. __ust as we have been and will be for every night of the Nine.___ood.___peaking of which__elley_ Sonny seemed suddenly exhausted. He turned his face to the west, and she could see the fatigue etched into the lines and planes of his face. __t__ getting late. You need to leave the park. Please. Don__ argue with me this time. Just go. The sun will set soon, and I have to go to work.__e squared his shoulders as though he expected her to put up a fight. She did__ little__ut only out of actual concern for him. __houldn__ you be taking it easy? I mean, you try to hide it with the whole tough-guy-swagger thing and all, but I saw the bandages. You__e really hurt. Aren__ you?___t__ not so bad.___ow. You are a terrible liar.__e frowned fiercely at her.__ou also look like you haven__ slept in a week._ She took a tentative step toward him and put a hand on his chest, looking up into his silver-gray eyes. He put his hand over the top of hers, and she could feel the rhythm of his heart beating under her palm, through his shirt and the bandages.____ fine.___re you sure?__ith his other hand, Sonny reached up and brushed a stray auburn curl out of her eyes.____ sure.__e smiled down at her, and she felt her insides melt a little. His whole face changed when he smiled. It was like the sun coming out.__ut,_ he continued, ____l be even better if you are safe at home and I don__ have to worry about you for tonight.___ can take care of myself, Sonny Flannery,_ she bristled, halfheartedly.__lease?_ He turned up the wattage on his smile.___okay._ She felt her own lips turn up in a shy, answering smile. ____l be good. This once.___hat__ my girl.__elley was silent. Those three words of Sonny__ had managed to render her utterly speechless.

Tell me what you want" he [Warner] says desperately. "Tell me what to do," he says, "and I'll do it.

My lips part, wanting to tell him a story, wanting to kiss him more than I want to breathe

I will not judge a person to be spiritually dead whom I have formerly judged to have had spiritual life, though I see him at present in a swoon as to evidences of the spiritual life. And the reason why I will not judge him so is this - because if you judge a person dead, you neglect him, you leave him; but if judge him to be in a swoon, though never so dangerous, you use all means for the retrieving of his life.

He walked right to her, his long strides eating the space between them and sucking the oxygen in front of her

I want us to be more spontaneous. I want the superhero to come home and take me. Nothing to do with being his wife. Everything to do with uncontrollable testosterone.

When you cried, I learned what helplessness tastes like. Because all I could do was swallow.