Violet Paine

The one person who, no matter what, has been a constant at my side. And today, instead of protecting him the way he always has me, I sealed his fate and sent him to prison.

been two years since I’ve seen that girl, yet the moment my eyes landed on her, my body wanted to go to her. Time has been kind to her, not that it needed to be. She always was the most beautiful girl I’d ever seen, and that hasn’t changed.

He’s too kind, too soft—in the best ways.

anything, I hope some of that rubs off on me.

eyes turn to steel

Now tell her I’m a nice guy so she gives me her number, Baby Bea.”

Why did I watch him discover girls and never once speak up when I wanted him to discover me?

That guy sitting here tonight, surrounded by his friends, that’s my Maverick.

The one who took me to the beach for the first time without my parents

That was the day he gave me my safe space, even if he didn’t know it then.