“And then he threw open the bedroom door and she commenced to laugh, but even then, it was a weepy, gasping, tearsome kind of laughter that was purely an overflowing of joy.”
“She lifted her head and revealed her bloodshot eyes and her tearstained cheeks.”
“One of his hands traced up along the side of my tearstained cheek and through my hair.”
“Now Criss reprised the song as a karaoke solo, a tearstained confession about the death of first love — of their relationship, and, in a sense, of the show itself.”