[ Reaching up, he tucks some of her hair behind her ear, just to keep touching her - just to keep close, however he can. ]

You don't need to prove to anyone that it's real. You don't need to post pictures, or hold my hand in public, to know it, okay? I know you want to. I know. And one day, one day I swear I'll be everything you want me to be. But I promise you, right now, as it is? It's real. It's really fucking real, you and me.

[ He licks his lips, eyes darting all over her face. ]

I've never much to do things the normal way, anyway. Normal's boring.