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⋆˚࿔ safehouse prompts 𝜗𝜚˚⋆
¹⁾ “this place doesn’t look like much. i suppose that’s by design, right?”
²⁾ flinching at every gust of wind and rumble of tyres, thinking that the worst is finally about to happen
³⁾ having a nightmare so fitful about the events that’ve led them here that their protector runs to their side
⁴⁾ “nothing’s able to hurt you here.” “yeah. i’ve been hearing that a lot lately.”
⁵⁾ “i know you’re supposed to keep a close eye on me, but i think this is a little extreme.”
⁶⁾ growing faint from having been too anxious to eat for long stretches of time
⁷⁾ “so, how badly did you piss off your boss to get landed with this assignment?”
⁸⁾ trying to sweet-talk their protector(s) to allow them to leave the house, if only for a few minutes’ escape from their reality
⁹⁾ playing the same comfort movies and songs on repeat, to the point where everyone else becomes familiar with them
¹⁰⁾ “i’m here to protect you, asshole- stop making my life so goddamn difficult!”
¹¹⁾ becoming increasingly comfortable around their protector(s), to the point that they don’t realise it when lines start getting crossed
¹²⁾ sharing a bed out of necessity
¹³⁾ alternatively, sharing clothes out of necessity
¹⁴⁾ “when i came here, all i could think about was the day i’d get to leave - but lately, i’ve been avoiding thinking about it.”
¹⁵⁾ self-defence lessons borne out of boredom
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‧₊˚ 🎧 ✩ a hundred dialogue prompts
(but it’s one lyric each from my wrapped playlist)
¹⁾ “you say you want me, but you know i’m not what you need.”
²⁾ “all i ever needed is here, in my arms.”
³⁾ “call the police, there’s a madman around!”
⁴⁾ “i miss the man i was the moment we left off.”
⁵⁾ “you’d be surprised the places i find jesus.”
⁶⁾ “just trust me; you’ll be fine.”
⁷⁾ “i hope he never lets me down again.”
⁸⁾ “tonight you’ll have the answer.”
⁹⁾ “not what you want- i’m what you need.”
¹⁰⁾ “didn’t call when i got your number but i liked you a lot.”
¹¹⁾ “i take my whiskey neat.”
¹²⁾ “and i’m not here to be the saviour you long for.”
¹³⁾ “are you ready to swear, right here, right now?”
¹⁴⁾ “baby, take my hand!”
¹⁵⁾ “this could all be yours.”
¹⁶⁾ “i’m granting you more than the debt that i owe.”
¹⁷⁾ “am i worth saving?”
¹⁸⁾ “it’s made you colder.”
¹⁹⁾ “can you figure me out?”
²⁰⁾ “come on- take a ride with me.”
²¹⁾ “it’s too late for me now.”
²²⁾ “mama always said i was born on the wild side.”
²³⁾ “i’d sell my soul for you, babe.”
²⁴⁾ “i’ll do whatever it takes. i’ll go to my grave protecting me and mine.”
²⁵⁾ “i’m proud of all my scars.”
²⁶⁾ “i’m not the girl i set out to be.”
²⁷⁾ “lipstick, chemtrails, red flags, pink nails- “
²⁸⁾ “i’ll be gone by the morning light.”
²⁹⁾ “summer is slipping through my fingers.”
³⁰⁾ “man, i hate this part of texas.”
³¹⁾ “if you want a cowboy on a white horse… hold on tight, because i’m not there yet.”
³²⁾ “no rest for the wicked.”
³³⁾ “things we buried low are coming to the surface now, my love.”
³⁴⁾ “they say i’m trouble and i don’t give a damn.”
³⁶⁾ “i got a taste for men who’re older.”
³⁷⁾ “it’s my feeling we’ll win in the end.”
³⁸⁾ “i need you to see me for what i have become.”
³⁹⁾ “baby bunny, come clean.”
⁴⁰⁾ “can you taste it?”
⁴¹⁾ “i grew up with a gun in my hand.”
⁴²⁾ “call me when you get the chance.”
⁴³⁾ “they said this day wouldn’t come.”
⁴⁴⁾ “this is an omen. a warning.”
⁴⁵⁾ “that’s how you know that i’m coming for you.”
⁴⁶⁾ “anything to get me to sleep.”
⁴⁷⁾ “five in the morning ain’t no time to say goodbye.”
⁴⁸⁾ “you can’t be my saviour- i can’t be your sinner.”
⁴⁹⁾ “he’s sitting in the corner with a six pack of corona.”
⁵⁰⁾ “take everything.”
⁵¹⁾ “we can be like they are.”
⁵²⁾ “what do you want from me?”
⁵³⁾ “this summer i might’ve drowned.”
⁵⁴⁾ “we were tangled up like branches in a flood.”
⁵⁵⁾ “i ain’t proud of all the punches that i’ve thrown.”
⁵⁶⁾ “pick yourself up, get back on again.”
⁵⁷⁾ “i need some room to breathe.”
⁵⁸⁾ “did you not say we were made for each other?”
⁵⁹⁾ “well, i grew up in the fallout from the riots in the nineties.”
⁶⁰⁾ “i’m missing you still.”
⁶¹⁾ “i can never take back the pain i’ve caused.”
⁶²⁾ “now i’ve said too much.”
⁶³⁾ “won’t you do this for me, son, if you can?”
⁶⁴⁾ “the damage is already done.”
⁶⁵⁾ “i’m scared of nothing and i’m scared to death.”
⁶⁶⁾ “you can hold me like he held her.”
⁶⁷⁾ “it wakes me in the middle of the night.”
⁶⁸⁾ “wash away the blood on my hands.”
⁶⁹⁾ “the dreams in which i’m dying are the best i’ve ever had.”
⁷⁰⁾ “i won’t back down.”
⁷¹⁾ “leave me alone in the dark.”
⁷²⁾ “i’ve been waiting for her, oh, so long.”
⁷³⁾ “help me to decide.”
⁷⁴⁾ “the money’s all gone.”
⁷⁵⁾ “hell, i ain’t the devil.”
⁷⁶⁾ “would we grow old together?”
⁷⁷⁾ “i’m a few years older than you.”
⁷⁸⁾ “so don’t say you love me- ‘cause you’ll never love me.”
⁷⁹⁾ “i’ve seen it all a million times.”
⁸⁰⁾ “you can always reach me.”
⁸¹⁾ “i don’t know who you think i am.”
⁸²⁾ “my darling believe me, i was born to be with you.”
⁸³⁾ “between the pain, and the way you look- “
⁸⁴⁾ “you can say that we are nothing, but you know the truth.”
⁸⁵⁾ “oh, i’m gonna lose control.”
⁸⁶⁾ “how d’you live like this?!”
⁸⁷⁾ “do you like that?”
⁸⁸⁾ “would you push me away again?”
⁸⁹⁾ “she’s a bad girlfriend.”
⁹⁰⁾ “today’s music ain’t got the same soul.”
⁹¹⁾ “i’m afraid they’re gonna find you.”
⁹²⁾ “i was far too scared to hit him, but i would hit him in a heartbeat now.”
⁹³⁾ “what am i to do?”
⁹⁴⁾ “come see what i mean.”
⁹⁵⁾ “i’ll never let you go.”
⁹⁶⁾ “getting drunk’s fine, it’s the getting by that’ll get a soul down.”
⁹⁷⁾ “come out from all your hidin’ out.”
⁹⁸⁾ “i ain’t perfect but i’m learning how to be the best i can.”
⁹⁹⁾ “i don’t ever wanna feel like i did that day.”
¹⁰⁰⁾ “and it was my mistake, ‘cause she never said a thing about jesus.”
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List of “non-sexual intimacy” prompts
Requested by: Anonymous Request: “Hello hello!! Might I request some prompts for non-sexual intimacy (such as taking a bath together, cuddles, etc?)”
- Tickle fights
- Cuddling each other to sleep
- Helping each other wash up in the shower; back massages under the running water to help relieve the other’s tension
- Featherlight touches; tender
- Laughing/smiling into kisses; pulling away and looking at each other with softened smiles
- Helping the other dry their hair/comb their hair
- Holding hands and intertwined fingers as they cuddle each other to sleep
- Softened, fond stares
- Soft noises of appreciation as they hold each other close
- Taking care of the other when they’re sick
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scenarios for that grump x sunshine dynamic
a prompt list by @novelbear ᵔᴥᵔ
- letting their chatty partner ramble about their day, listening with a small smile
- sunshine toppling over them with the biggest hug they could muster and grump just giving them tiny little pats to reciprocate
- grumpy going out of their comfort zone to cheer up their sunshine who's having a bad day
- ^ "look, i made pancakes! i even made a smiley face out of the whipped cream, see?" "oh, that's what it's supposed to be? you're so cute.."
- grumpy calling sunshine names (dummy, idiot, chatterbox) knowing they take no offense to them, but the moment someone else does, they snap
- "are you always this happy?" "i try to be, but especially when i'm with you."
- sunshine knowing when it's okay to push but never crosses a line when it comes to grumpy's boundaries
- sunshine comforting the grump when they're a little more quiet and snappy than usual, leaving grump a flustered mess because they're used to people actually listening when they tell them to leave them alone
- "i'm not leaving you like this, i care about you."
- sunshine taking grumpy on more active dates than they're used to (like ice skating for example)
- [while cloudgazing] "i see a duckling!" "literally how."
- sunshine making lunch for grumpy in the cutest way possible (little notes, heart-shaped sandwiches, always adding their fave snack)
- getting into arguments about how nice sunshine can be and where it gets out of hand
- ^ "i was just trying to be nice!" "they were clearly taking advantage of that!" "since when do you care so much?" "i'm trying to look out for you!"
- grumpy letting sunshine play with/do their hair
- when laundry piles up and grumpy has no choice but to borrow one of sunshine's colorful little sweaters
- ^ and of course, sunshine coos and smothers them all day over it
- "i love you." "i know." "say it back!"
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Exes to Lovers Masterpost
Dialogue Prompts
- "I'm sorry for how it ended." "I'm sorry that it ended at all."
- "Do you still have place for me in your life?"
- "Three years was not enough to get over you."
- "We'll always find our ways back to each other."
- "I couldn't stop loving you, even if I tried. And I did try for some time. But it didn't work."
- "Seeing you again brought everything back."
- "It was a mistake to just go away. We should've fought more for what we wanted." "We are doing it now."
- "Being back in your arms is everything I wished for since we broke up."
- "I can't believe you would actually take me back."
- "Do you have any idea how much I wished to take it back? To just go to your house and apologize?" "I would have waited for you. I did wait for you. Even if it took some time, you are here now."
- "I shouldn't have ever let you go away. I need you by my side."
- "The fight we had was so stupid and breaking up was irrational."
- "We work much better as a team."
- "I don't ever want to lose you again."
- "It was the right thing at the time. We weren't ready for it." "Do you think we are now?" "Yes, absolutely."
- "People called me crazy for letting you get away. And they were right."
- "I will never let you go again."
- "We were both so hurt that we didn't see how much the other one was hurting. I hope that we're now able to look past that and be able to heal together."
- "Honestly? I never stopped loving you."
- "Let's never break up again. Ok?"
Text Prompts
- Having broken up, but still living in the same area they keep running into each other. At the park, the grocery store, the laundromat, … everywhere.
- They are still in the same friend group and they want to make it work as friends. But hanging out all the time makes it hard to get over each other.
- Person A moves to another apartment and finds some of Person B’s, their exes’ stuff while moving and the former lovers meet up for the first time since the break-up to exchange the goods.
- While not having adopted it together, Person A’s pet becomes miserable after Person B stops being over, so finally they have to arrange for a meeting in a park, like two divorced parents.
- They are still each other's emergency contact. Which becomes apparent when one of them ends up in the hospital.
- Having their car breaking down by the side of the road is bad enough. Their ex being the one to come save them is even worse.
- They had already booked everything for their friends' destination wedding before they broke up. To celebrate them and not lose their deposits they decide to still share the hotel room.
- Person A’s family still invites Person B to all of their family events. And Person B actually goes.
- They bought tickets for their favourite band’s concert one year in advance. It’s been a few months since their break-up and they believe the emotions have calmed down a bit, so they decide to still go together when the time comes. But maybe they don’t have calmed down that much, when their song comes on.
- They know each other best. Even after their break-up their ex is still the first person they want to call when something good or bad happens.
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Small romance things that make me go FERAL
A very totally incredibly non-delulu list by Writerthreads
- arm/shoulder/waist/SMALL OF THE BACK touches
- HANDS BRUSHING, BUT TOO NERVOUS TO DO ANYTHING MORE
- calling them by their name ("What's your opinion on this, X?") (they way they say their name makes their heart do funny things)
- the way their voice goes heavy/breathy
- CHIN RESTS ON THEIR SHOULDER
- whispering into their ear and the way their breath tickles
- non-affectionate nicknames just for them
- recognising their laugh and trying to make them laugh just to hear it again
- little private smirks/winks, watching their reaction when someone makes a joke
- sniffing their hair/recognising their on their shampoo
- eye contact so deep they feel like sinking
- SMALL PECKS ON THE CORNER OF THEIR MOUTH/CHIN/FOREHEAD
- recognising the sound of their footsteps
- co-existing in the same space, acknowledging their presence and feeling safe
- CARESSING THEIR CHEEK WITH THEIR THUMB
- recognising their nervous ticks and comforting them, like putting a hand on their bouncing leg
- tracing scars, freckles, moles, lines of their muscle, you name it (SCREAMS)
- grinning when they blush
- watching with pride as the other does a presentation/leads a mission/takes charge
- making up private signals for each other
- HAND KISSES
- NECK KISSES
- playing with their hair/brushing their hair/braiding their hair
Ah, love. That lingering warm, fuzzy feeling in your chest. I love love.
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Phrases/Actions that make me drop to my knees, ready to submit.
All 18+ Prompts- Please tag me if you use any cause I wanna read filth :)
- “That’s it, fuck, that’s a good girl/boy.”
- “You’re mine.”
- “Is this ok?” As they stare up at you from in between your legs. (Consent is so fucking hot and important)
- “Do that again- Shit, just like that, right there.”
- Ghosting their lips against yours before pulling back with a smug smirk, making you chase them desperately.
- Dragging one of their nails down the side of your neck and then middle of your chest.
- “Please mark me, I want everyone to know I’m yours.”
- “Spread your legs baby, that’s it… Wider.”
- When they murmur pure filth into your ear while they’re touching you.
- Fucking someone so good that they struggle to kiss you back.
- Hands desperately clutching at one another, gasping into each other’s mouths as if you were starved of one another.
- “On your knees.” While their fingers thread through your hair, guiding you onto the floor.
- Smirking into a kiss/against your skin when you whimper at their touch.
- “My little slut to ruin.”
- Interlocking your fingers above your head while making out passionately.
- Pulling them closer by the collar of their shirt or their belt.
- “I’m yours. Only yours.”
- “You’re in no position to tease baby, remember that.”
- Soft, lazy kisses and innocent touches that turn bolder and more sinful as you just can’t resist each other.
- “This is wrong.” “So wrong.” While continuing to pull at each others clothes, mind fogged with nothing but lust and arousal.
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Different Ways to Describe Eye Colors
↳ a masterpost for writing prompts that describe eye colors
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:-"Soft things people in love do that makes me want to fall in love" prompts-:
(Tag me if you guys write these!!!! yeeeeee)
By @me-writes-prompts
- Letting them sit in their seat during a train/bus transaction
- Making food for each other as surprise
- Picnic dates^^
- "We could just stay like this, cuddling all day, if you want."
- Random kisses on lips/hands/neck >\\\<
- Giving them a head massage while they listen to the other one talk about their day
- Late-night star gazing when they can't sleep
- ^^ "The stars are bright tonight, aren't they?" "Not as bright as you, love." and they pull them into a kiss because they start to laugh at the cheesiness.
- Leaning their heads on each other's
- "I know you're struggling right now, and it's okay, okay? We'll get through this."
- "I left you a note, did you read it?" "Yeah, I left you one back to tell you I read it!" <3333
- "I can't believe you remember the day we first had our kiss!" "It's an important day that needs to be remembered forever :)"
- "Is it too early to say I love you? Because I do. I love you so much." "Aww, I love you too. So much."
- Making the other one DIY bracelets/rings/etc with their names.
- ^^"This is lovely! But you spelled your name wrong, darling." "Oh...heh, guess I got carried away huh?"
- Board game nights where their competitive sides come out
- "I hope you know that I'll never leave your side, even though you ate half of my pancakes earlier." "Hmm, I won't either, even though you take my clothes and never return them."
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It’s 3 AM, but fuck it, we’re being domestic | Prompts
Alternatively, just some fluffy domestic romance prompts, but they feel more cute when they’re in the middle of the night because one or both of the ship characters are insomniacs.
- Dancing together in the kitchen, in the refrigerator light, and then sitting on the kitchen counter, eating ice-cream directly from the carton.
- Walking barefoot on the dew covered grass, hand in hand, under the stars.
- Sitting on the floor trying to piece together IKEA furniture because one person got obsessed with finishing it the same day.
- Middle of the night cooking, except it’s making the weirdest most absurd dishes imaginable, just for fun.
- Making love, except it’s on the bedroom floor.
- Cleaning cupboards or attics and finding lpppittle mementos, childhood pictures, etc and talking about memories.
- Midnight drives with street food pit-stops and making out with the car radio playing in the background.
- Tossing a smiley stress ball around the house watching it knock into furniture— Bonus, if one person is tossing it and another is scrambling around trying to make sure no furniture falls over, causing squabbles.
- Gossiping about annoying relatives/friends, parents etc.
- Making each other coffee, except the rule is: adding all of the other person’s favorite ingredients PLUS one mystery ingredient which might be good bad or ugly. For funs~
- Late night massage sessions because they’re old (they’re not even thirty. Maybe they are.) and their back huuurts.
- Ramp Walk/Modelling sessions where one person tries out every single outfit in their closet, and the other one rates or judges them all and gives (mostly useless) opinions.
- Doing laundry except they can’t put the clothes out for drying because there’s no sun, so they spread them all over the furniture (only the stuff that doesn’t go bad with the water-) and switch on all the fans.
- Weird selfie poses and filming random tiktok dances.
- Alternately, sitting side by side on the bed (or the floor—) deleting old pictures from their phones to make storage and laughing about embarrassing old pictures. (A “my phone might die of lack of storage but that super embarrassing picture of yours from six years ago isn’t going anywhere!”)
- One of them randomly googling super random shit and telling those facts to the other person, and the other one, super sleepy, just nodding along to everything.
- Painting dates where either both of them are amazing artists or neither of them are, (or one is and the other isn’t) and they switch canvases periodically to finish each other’s paintings. (Chaos for the ones who can’t paint, and two beautiful art pieces for the ones who can~)
- Alternatively, one is an artist and the other models for them while being utterly sleepy bc Artist has insomnia :D
- One is a musician and keeps the other up all night with the music. Or alternately, the partner has insomnia and the sleepy musician plays them something to pass the night (and what if it turns out to be a lullaby-)
- Turning the junk, broken and useless stuff in their house into a rage room for the night.
- Learning crocheting from YouTube and making each other weird little woollen mementos. (Could go for anything really. Learning shit with esch other in the middle of the night from YouTube—)
Annnnd that’s about all I got :3 I’ll probably be back with more! Prompts welcome~
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a scene can start wherever you want it to
writing isn't real life. You don't need to set up a character walking into a room or two characters greeting each other and talking about the weather or what-have-you in order to lead into the conversation you actually want them to have. just start at the conversation.
hell, start in the middle of the conversation. you could even start at the end and then have one of them leave and the other one left behind to reflect back on what just happened.
writing gets easier when you open yourself up to writing the parts that are interesting, to starting where it's easy instead of where you think you should start.
if it ends up not working? that's okay. you tried it, and sometimes just getting something out of your head is a necessary first step to getting the words right
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Anonymous asked:
heey! could you please write some fluffy prompts for a couple in a long term relationship?
ty for the ask!! this is just gonna be a little drabble of ideas but feel free to use them :)
𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙢 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨
have fun with these :) | tag me if you use any bc i love seeing what you guys write!!
- Knowing everything about each other down to the smallest detail, like a favorite color or food.
- Holding hands / touching each other as a reflex.
- Being able to sit in silence without it being uncomfortable because they’re already so used to each other.
- Not needing to talk because every glance, touch and smile is already a conversation in and of itself.
- Knowing exactly how to comfort each other when they’re upset.
- Having a ton of inside jokes that make absolutely no sense to anyone around them, but still sends them into fits of laughter.
- Making mundane tasks like grocery shopping and cleaning fun just by being around each other.
- Recalling some of the most important parts of their relationship, like the day they first met.
- Having their own language made up of gestures and looks.
- Sharing almost everything with each other, like hobbies or something they found funny.
- Perfectly fitting into each other’s routine, and becoming an integral part of each other’s life.
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sometimes you need dialogue tags and don't want to use the same four
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showing comfort
- holding hands tightly during a difficult moment
- cuddling under a blanket while watching their favorite show
- preparing calming tea and sitting together in silence
- gently kissing the forehead or top of the head
- cooking a favorite meal to cheer up a friend.
- listening attentively without judgment
- reading aloud to calm them down
- grabbing the other’s hand in big crowds
- staying physically close, so they know their not alone
- giving them a care package with their favourite items
- stroking their hair or rubbing their back
- reminding them how strong they are
- taking a friend on an impromptu adventure
- soothing them back to sleep after a nightmare
- holding them tightly, protectively
- sending supportive text messages throughout the day
- telling them a bedtime story
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Small Thoughtful Romantic Gestures
- Randomly texting or calling to check up on them.
- Bringing them their favorite food.
- Giving them words of encouragement, especially on bad days.
- ^ but with handwritten notes
- Guiding them through a crowd or away from the edge of the sidewalk (e.g. by holding their hand or wrapping an arm around their waist).
- Reminding them to hydrate.
- Asking them to let them know if they got to their destination safely.
- Showing up to support them during a presentation.
- Taking care of the bill on a night out.
- Getting everyone's attention when they're trying to tell a story in a group and no one else is listening.
- Refilling their coffee/tea when they're at their desk, knee-deep in an assignment.
- Buying a gift for them unprompted.
- Giving them a massage after a long day.
- Learning more about their hobbies/interests.
- Looking up their illnesses to understand how they affect them and how to help them.
- Doing one of their chores for them.
- Covering them with a blanket when they accidentally fall asleep on the couch.
- Opening the door for them when their hands are full (or even when they're not).
- Asking them for their opinions on small matters (or vice versa) (e.g. what TV show to watch next, where to go on a night out with friends etc).
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:-Arranged Marriage Prompts-:
(I had so much fun writing these, can't lie. Requested by: anon- hope you enjoy!)
By @me-writes-prompts
- "I hope we can be adults about this and not fight over who gets which side of the bed." "Yep. Totally."
- Arranged marriage in which they do not care
- "This is just temporary, right?" "Yeah, we'll get through it."
- "Hmm...you're not as bad as they make you out to be." "I'll take that as a compliment." "It was one, Idiot."
- "You know, I'm starting to like you."
- "Wow. So you like that person?" "Why do you care?" "Because we're married, and I don't want to be made a fool of."
- They take care of the other one when they are sick.
- ^^"Didn't think you'd care." "Well, keeping my partner was kind of part of the deal, so I don't a say you know?" "Just say you care!" "Mhmm." >//<
- "I'm tired of pretending not to be in love with you." "I think we should remarry."
- "So...let's make a plan!" "For what?" "Surviving this marriage?" "Oh, okay, let's do it."
- "Imagine telling our kids we still don't know each other's favorite color after all these years?" "It'll be a great surprise!"
- "Okay, so you'll pay for all the wedding clothing, right? I want to ensure your credit card is in the shambles by the end."