Unravel Me

You're not my first choice, Rosie. You're the only goddamn option.

I don’t need you to take on my pain, Adam. I just need you to sit with me while I feel it. That’s enough for me.

We don’t only choose you when it’s convenient and easy and happy. We choose you through all the hard, challenging moments in between. That’s how families love each other, Adam. And Connor and me? We’ll always be by your side.

It’s okay to be scared, Adam,

This body isn’t perfect, but it’s strong. Physically, mentally, in everything I’ve worked so hard to overcome. This body isn’t perfect, but for all it’s done and everything it’s given me, it’s beautiful.

don’t think my forever exists without you somewhere inside it.

Then, our friends come around us, winding arms and tender squeezes. And this? This feels like family.

You had a baby,” Marco adds. “That doesn’t make you worth any less.” “I’m not as thin as I used to be. And my scar—” “Your scar is a badass badge of honor for having a life you created carved right out of you. And your stretch marks are tiger stripes, Rosie. You are strong. You are fierce. You are perfect, just the way you are.” Marco sweeps my bangs aside. “Don’t doubt that the right person won’t see that, because he will.

But you don’t always have to be brave. If it ever becomes too much, you can step away, okay? Just let me know whether you want to step away by yourself, or with me. I’ll support you however you need to be supported.

We’re never good enough for the wrong people.

Your thoughts are painful, yes, but not morbid. I can’t put myself in your shoes, but I’d stand in them if it meant one less minute where you felt that pain alone.

Welcome, everyone, to the first official meeting of ‘Adam’s Road to Hope: One Man’s Journey to Pussy Palace.’ Don’t forget to pick up a gift basket and get your time cards punched on the way out. Sangria is in the fridge, snacks are on the table, and pizza will be here in thirty.

Sometimes people say they know they’ve found the one because they turned their world upside down, took everything they thought they knew and shook it up. But you? Not you, Rosie. You didn’t throw my whole world off balance. You centered it.

You’re not my first choice, Rosie. You’re the only goddamn option.

sometimes those people show you exactly how to love the broken bits of yourself. To them, you’re not broken at all.

when you have trouble loving your own broken pieces, nothing seems scarier than giving them to someone else.

Nothing worth having ever comes easy, does it? We want the calm, but sometimes we have to brave the storm to get there.

With you, I found my gravity. That’s worth so much more than my chaos.

If I’m your happy ending, you’re my heaven.

Bye, Dada,” Connor whispers, waving at me. “Lub you.

Rosie and I got up with the sun, and coffee on the balcony turned into…well, fucking on the balcony.

It’s the sound of Adam’s fist connecting with flesh and bone. Once. Twice. Three times.

It makes perfect sense, Rosie. Nothing worth having ever comes easy, does it? We want the calm, but sometimes we have to brave the storm to get there.

Captivating? But she’s so much more than that. She’s…fascinating. Dazzling. Fucking hypnotizing. Doesn’t she know that?

Keep her name out of your fucking mouth,

I’m twenty-six. I’m not dipping my dick in the snow to compare sizes.” I dipped my dick in the snow to compare sizes. Honestly

Please say yes,” Carter whispers over my shoulder. “My ego can’t take the hit.” “Your ego is big enough to take at least a hundred hits before it’s in danger,” I whisper back

You can’t have unprotected sex! You might accidentally have a baby!” “Proof I fucked your sister! And don’t call your daughter an accident!” “Ireland