"Maybe." He offered, his voice softer than one might imagine, considering his appearance, "But you shouldn't count on accidents to always have happy endings."

"Wait here." It was all he could come up with, and his voice was soft, calm, even as he was standing to move now. His heavy boots leading him to the window, and not giving her a moment to argue with him. Jumping down from the ledge, and leaving only the crow behind to keep her company.

LAST TEXT SENT: [Text to Eric] Fine, but if I’m locked up, you better visit, and put something in my commissary. I don't think I'd survive without chocolate.... or books.

"No safer place in the world." Eric commented lightly, coming to sit with the other man, "Not exactly the place to find anyone else, without reason, either."

practicing composition

I would kill you. ✧ I would physically hurt you. ✧ I would attack you unprovoked. ✧ I would manipulate you. ✧ I dislike you. ✧ You annoy me. ✧ You scare me. ✧ You intimidate me. ✧ I hope I intimidate you. ✧ I pity you. ✧ You disgust me. ✧ I hate you. ✧ I’m indifferent toward you. ✧ I’d like to get to know you better. ✧  I’d like to spend more time with you. ✧ I’d like to be friends with you. ✧  I’m unsure what to think of you. ✧ I’m unsure how I feel about you. ✧ You are my friend. ✧ You are my best friend. ✧ You are my mentor. ✧ I look up to you. ✧ I respect you. ✧ You are my hero. ✧ You inspire me. ✧ You are my enemy. ✧ You make me happy. ✧ I want to protect you. ✧ I would fight by your side. ✧ I consider you an equal. ✧ I think you are beneath me. ✧ I think you are above me. ✧ I would lie for you. ✧ I would lie to you. ✧ I would sleep with you. ✧ I would sleep by your side. ✧ I would hug you. ✧ I would kiss you. ✧ You are family to me. ✧ I would die for you. ✧ I would kill for you. ✧ I would trust you with my life. ✧ I would trust you with my most precious belonging. ✧ I would trust you with a secret. ✧ I would trust you with my biggest / darkest secret. ✧ I love you (platonically). ✧ I love you (romantically).