Some things Neil has said to Andrew that are better than ily:
“If it means losing you, then no.”
“I think it’s better this way, with you as the last line of defense. You let us run ourselves into the ground and clean up behind us. You play the game like you play life. That’s why you’re so good at it.”
“The next time one of them says you’re soulless I might have to fight them.”
“I knew I’d look out for only me when the world went to hell. I don’t want to be that person anymore. I want to go back for you.”
“I’ve said all year I don’t swing and I meant it. Kissing you doesn’t make me look at any of them differently. The only one I’m interested in is you.”
“Thank you. You were amazing.”
“It’s always yes with you. If you have to keep asking because - I’ll answer it as many times as you ask. But this is always going to be yes.”
“I am not a pipe dream. I’m not going anywhere.”
Some things Andrew has said to Neil that are better than ily:
“Don’t ask questions you already know the answer to.”
“We were almost to the interstate.”
“Ninety-two percent, going on ninety-three.”
“You aren’t going anywhere. You’re staying with us. If they try to take you
away they will lose.”
“I have to go. I don’t trust them to give you back.”
“No,” Andrew said, and Neil’s hand froze a breath from Andrew’s arm. “That’s why.”
“I’m not as smart as I thought I was. I know better than to do this again. Perhaps it’s the self-destructive streak in me?”
that silence after Neil says “except you” in the epilogue
And this list doesn’t even take into account the things they’ve done for each other that are better than saying ily, because if it did it would be as huge as my love for Nora and the way she wrote them.
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