Quote by Alecia Whitaker

“He hugs me tight while I look behind him, scanning faces like I did a few seconds ago. And like I will do for…

— Ashley Elston

“I could look at him unaware. He wasn't flustered like I was. He wasn't embarrassed or mortified.”

— Vanessa Vale

“opened the door. He was leaning with his arm up on the frame, and his other hand on his hip. The way he was…

— C.L. Stone

“Mainly I was just … looking at you. You went to sleep in the crook of my arm – never had anyone do that before.”

— Charlotte Stein

“He reaches out quickly and tucks my hair behind my ear. I freeze at his touch and the feeling his fingers have left across…

— Beckie Stevenson

“I felt him smile against my skin, but he didn’t raise his head and he didn’t attempt to move, his body laying half on…

— Mia Sheridan

“Grandpa stopped and looked at me. I paused, too, knowing this meant he had something important to say. His body was frail, but when…

— James Russell Lingerfelt

“She smiled up at him, a nervous, crooked smile in a dead face.”

— Neil Gaiman

“You coming?” he asked her, leaning in through the door. And then he finally really looked at me. He came to a complete halt—not…

— Kristen D. Randle

“I looked like a corpse, and not a particularly fresh corpse at that.”

— Emmett Spain

“I bit the inside of my cheek. I wanted to hit him. Not just for his presumptuousness, but for the way my heart jumped…

— Amanda Leigh

“Blood sped through my veins as I gripped the edge of the counter, gazing into the face I knew so well. A shadow of…

— Laney McMann