— you were my hometown when my heart was filled with loneliness

• 3x04
• naomi: you're gay.
• emily: yes.

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• 3x06
• emily: i know you, naomi. i know you’re lonely. i think you need someone to want you. well, i do want you, so be brave and want me back.

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• naomi: i do... want someone, need someone. you were right. and when i'm with you, i feel like i'm a better person. i feel happier, less... alone. less lonely.

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• 3x09
• emily: i like girls. no, i like a girl. no, i love her. okay? i love... her. okay?

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• naomi: i love you too.
• emily: i know.

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• 4x02
• emily: you've ruined it. you don't want anyone to care. i could be dead in a second. everything's... so... fragile. didn't you realise that? we were special.
• naomi: i was scared!
• emily: you're always scared.

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• 4x08
• naomi: i loved you from the first time i saw you. i think i was 12. it took me 3 years to pluck up the courage to speak to you and i was so scared of the way i felt, you know, loving a girl. i learned how to become a sarcastic bitch just to make it feel normal. i screwed guys to make it go away but it didn't work. when we got together, it scared the shit out of me because you were the one person who could ruin my life. i pushed you away. i made you think things were your fault but really, i was just terrified of pain. i screwed that girl, sophia, to kind of spite you for having that hold on me and i'm a total fucking coward because i got these, these tickets to goa for us 3 months ago but i... i couldn't stand it. i didn't want to be a slave to the way i feel about you. can you understand? you were trying to punish me back and it's horrible. it's so horrible because, really, i'd die for you. i love you. i love you so much it's killing me.

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• 7x02
• effy: why are you doing this?
• naomi: because i love her.
• effy: then why won't you tell her the truth?
• naomi: because she matters more to me than the truth does.

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• naomi: i promised emily once that i would never, ever hurt her again. yeah, i know. and when the new york job came up, it didn't even seem like that big a deal, because... we're naomi and emily. it didn't matter, because we love each other. and now... ...now i have to hurt her so much that it might never be ok again.