knowing that love is to share

The fog of horny war has lifted, but I'm still in the trenches. I'm down here, dying. I've got trench foot of the heart.

“Her voice, it seemed, had been continuously decrescendoing since birth, so that by age twelve, she could scarcely be heard.”

Obviously.

this is love. love is seeing perfection in every flaw. seeing every flaw as a miracle because it belongs to the person you care about the most. love is saying, yes, still. even after all these years.

the pairing by casey mcquiston

I fell in love with you the day that I met you, and then I fell in love with the person you remembered you are. I got to fall in love with you twice.

What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable; in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god: the beauty of the world, the paragon of animals—and yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust?

i was making a bunch of shane gifs and i kept getting fixated on how heart-in-throat, gut-wrenchingly gorgeous he is in this shot so i thought it deserved its own post 😌

playlist.

“I need you to know that I did really try. I tried really hard, but, uh, I just can't help it. And I'm sorry.”

cozy shane in 1.04

If only I could see you as happy…

Värmland, Sweden (January 7, 2024).