"When I wake up at five in the morning he’s lying beside me. I kiss him and close my eyes. He pulls me closer in his sleep."
"In the morning he announces that he’s giving up smoking."
but not until he's had to use that high I.Q. of his to handle brian. i especially loved this:
"I just hold his gaze. I don’t say anything but ten minutes later, when I’m inside him, and he’s rolling his body under mine, when his legs are wrapped around me, and he’s just this side of demanding, I let out a long breath and whisper that I love him."