Sometimes, it's easy to get by.
"Hawke!"
I can breathe when I'm around her.
"Merril!"
Other times, though, it feels like all my words are getting tangled on my tongue and it physically hurts to not smile at her because she's just so perfect and it kills me to make her any less happy than she is naturally.
She smiled at me, and I could feel my face mirroring hers. "Could you come to my house later? I mean, it's okay if you don't, I just wouldn't mind some compa-"
"Of course!" I said, just a little too eagerly. This only made her smile more.
"Perfect."