Hardwired

You lose yourself, Erica, because with the right person, who you become together is something so much greater, more than you could even realize right now.

You were right. I'm going to make you want things you never knew you wanted.

He shook his head and raked his hands through his hair. "I'm sorry, Erica, but I'm going to fix this. I promise." I nodded, trusting he would. Said by Blake to Erica

Baby, this is who I am. I'm hardwired this way. And if I'm trying to take control over the situation, please understand that I have very solid reasoning for it.

I love you, and I'm going to do whatever I need to do to protect you. Do you understand?

Jesus, Erica, I'd walk through fire to make sure you were safe.

Because it's true. Erica, one horrible experience doesn't define you. If it did, I doubt you'd want to be with me either. "I do," I said.

I want you too. I'll probably lose my mind if I can't be inside you tonight." He exhaled a shaky breath. "I just don't want to...freak you out.

I love you and I want to do this for you. I trust you to take me as far as you think I can go.

Landon? The door flug open, and I forgot how to breathe. Holy shit.

I miss my mother every day,” I said. “But this is my life and everything that has made me who I am, so I can’t dwell on what might have been.” I’d always be out of step with most people my age who’d been given many more chances to get it right, whose parents were there to scoop them up when they faltered and to point them in the right direction when indecisions were met. I had quickly learned that my own safety net had sizeable gaping holes in it, which likely explained why lately I felt like I was at sea without a life preserver.

You’re allowed to want different things in bed than you do in your normal everyday life.

you were right. im going to make you want things you never knew you wanted

her love echoed through me, a wordless melody that held my heart through time and distance.

Love can sneak up on you in a heartbeat, even when you aren’t looking for it.

you wer right. im going to make you want things you never knew you wanted

Boston was a hard city sometimes. The winters were hell, but the people here were strong, passionate, and often painfully direct.