Thrown to the Wolves

You’ve seen the worst of me. You are the best of me. I won’t ever risk losing that again.”

So it turned out neither of them was perfect. How could he possibly want perfect over this?

If Cooper were an armchair psychologist, he’d guess the early abandonment Park had experienced by his parents paired with Joe’s extremely conditional love had shaped him into someone who’d do anything, be anyone, for love. That sounded romantic. It wasn’t.

There’s not enough room in this relationship for the both of us.

He’d heard that sort of thing from separated couples before. We love each other but aren’t the right fit. Those were usually the ones who stayed amiable for years after, who kept their mutual friends and maybe even got invited to each other’s weddings. The sort of people who believed love wasn’t enough; you had to be right and beneficial for the other person, too.

devil’s in the details with this one.

love was one helluva drug.