imyourblueberrymuffin:

I know, Ali. I know so well. -takes a deep breath, feeling a lump in his throat as he continued to stroke at Alison’s back- And the world moves on around you, as if what happened didn’t matter, but it did. It mattered. They mattered. They matter so much that you would sacrifice yourself a thousand times to save them. But you can’t.

Thanks for the pep talk … { Alison forced a smile, rubbing away at the area under her cheeks furiously, in an attempt to remove all evidence of the tears } Very moving.