#essentialis07.

         “This has come up before, in  ---  another language. Without my knowledge.” ‘This one’s on my terms,’ is heavily implied.

Juno is sitting with his feet on the coffee table and Sadie’s tucked under his thighs. It’s warm, comfortable, grossly intimate. When he does speak, it’s rushed and uncut, so those closest always get the whole truth ( pretty or unpretty as it may be ).

         “I love you.” He lets it hang there for a beat. “And it’s no half-assed thing.”