He found himself wanting to write poetry about how her blue eyes were like starlight and her hair like night, because “night” and “starlight” rhymed, but he had a feeling the poem wouldn’t turn out that well…

happy birthday to my very beloved deni @cortland, i want to write poetry about you too

z for zafira iskandar chosen by @zofias​
      ❝ Death will be her companion. He’s kept her safe all this time. Why stop now?❞

y for yasmine raad chosen by anon​
      ❝ Yasmine, who wore confidence like a second skin. Whose generous curves were the envy of the masses because she was proud of them.❞

x for xander hale chosen by @kasee-y​
      ❝ Public Fact: Xander Hale is a Power Ranger every year for Halloween.❞

w for william herondale chosen by @pjatos​
      ❝ Life is a book and there are a thousand pages I have not yet read.❞

v for vancouver crowd chosen by @patorcles​
      ❝ They were people Gansey knew: Henry, Cheng2, Ryang, Lee-squared, Koh, Rutherford, Sicksteve. But here, they were different. At school, they were driven, quiet, invisible, model students, aglionby academy’s 11-per-cent-of-our-student-body-is-diverse-click-the-link-to-find-out-more-about-our-overseas-exchange-programmes.
     Here, they slouched. They would not slouch at school. Here, they were angry. They could not afford to be angry at school. Here they were l o u d.❞ (insp)

t for the raven cycle chosen by @foxholes
      ❝ What do you know about Welsh kings?❞

s for shatter me, nazeera chosen by @percyannabcth
      ❝ It’s not insane to imagine that sometimes even horrible people are searching for a way out of their own darkness.❞

u for uncle jem chosen by @bookish-mind
      ❝ If you saw humanity as I can see it, Uncle Jem said. There is very little brightness and warmth in the world for me. There are only four flames, in the whole world, that burn fiercely enough for me to feel something like the person I was. Your mother, your father, Lucie, and you. You love, and tremble, and burn. Do not let those who cannot see the truth tell you who you are. You are the flame that cannot be put out. You are the star that cannot be lost. You are who you have always been, and that is enough and more than enough. Anyone who looks at you and sees darkness is blind.❞

r for red, white & royal blue chosen by @pjatos
      ❝ When Alex was a kid, before anyone knew his name, he dreamed of love like it was a fairy tale, as if it would come sweeping into his life on the back of a dragon one day. When he got older, he learned about love as a strange thing that could fall apart no matter how badly you wanted it, a choice you make anyway. He never imagined it’d turn out he was right both times.❞