Husband Material

want to be with you desperately. I want to be with you more than I’ve ever wanted anything.

“I look happy in those pictures because I’m at a party where I’m celebrating the fact that I’m getting married to the man I love. Who is you. You fool. You numpty. You absolute pillock.”

sometimes don’t know what I’d do without you

, I’m with you because you make me feel better than anyone ever has.

had no idea what he was thinking, and there was some tiny, messed-up part of my brain that was worried he was hating me. Because if going to bed angry was bad for your relationship, going to organise your father’s funeral angry had to be a whole other level of fucked up.

Feeling a sudden swell of pride, I gave Oliver a possessive hug. “Because he’s a lawyer.”

“Well, I banged my leg but, um, Oliver David Blackwood, now that you’re not in a cupboard, will you marry me?”

you, I’m me. Not someone I think I should be. And I’ll be with you, however you want, for as long as you’ll have me.”

you should know that I am yours, more truly than I have ever been anyone’s. Because when I’m with

“It’s been a very long week without you.”