Catherine Walsh

Everyone had a crush on you in school, you know.”

He props a shoulder against the wall, his smile turning to a grin. “I know.”

Of course he does.

“Not you, though,” he adds. “You didn’t even know I existed.”

and an unruffled aura around him, like as long as he gets up every day and does his tasks, the world will keep on spinning

“I feel like you’re one step away from giving me puppy-dog eyes.”

You could set off a firework behind her, and I still wouldn’t be able to look away, but she gets shy again, averting her gaze like she can no longer look at me.

Do you ever think about your tendency to jump to the darkest possible conclusions?”

“You mean my survival instinct?”