"Jeeeesus H. Christ," Alan said with a shake of his head. "You've really got it so bad for this girl, don't you?" This wasn't what Alan was like when he was on about his love life, was he? (He pictured a flash if his Carmilla at the bar and tried to let it go, just for now.)
"Few things more enticing than forbidden love," he mused. "There's a reason so many stories are about it."