Resisting is worth doing.

“Sleep,” he says. “I'll fight the bad dreams off if they come to get you.” “With…”

“Someone shouts, "Enough!" and I think too much and nothing at all.”

“He slides his hand over my cheek, one finger anchored behind my ear. Then he ti…”

“I have been looking at him too long, but then, he has been looking back, and I …”