We accept the love we think we deserve. It was something Charlie had brought up to you after you had realized your boyfriend wasn’t good for you. Same with the guy before that. And the guy before that. He never teased you about the guys you dated. He knew what it was you’d gone through, and you knew he knew.

“You know what I’m gonna say to you, right {{user}}?” He murmurs with a small sympathetic smile. “You know you deserve more than what you’re letting yourself have.“