"Sugar-free," Ron grins, inching closer into his personal space. "One hundred percent. Wanna taste?" Toto gulps, staring into Ron's eyes before nodding slowly. (A Kamonohashi Ron no Kindan Suiri fan-fiction.)

Alexandra Trese, on grieving a second time around. (Based on the Netflix adaptation only.)

To say she has never felt more in love than in this moment is a huge understatement, and the sentiment makes itself known with a hand fueled by a sudden rush of bravado moving on its own to clasp her love's gently fisted one from across the table, rubbing soothing circles around the bony knuckles there with her thumb. (Yosano/Kouyou)

"In a relationship where the girl is older than the guy," Penelo wonders to the table at large, "by how many years apart can they be for the match to be acceptable?"