Turns out, staying married takes more effort than I thought it would.Okay, not terrible. Yet tough somehow. Not what I expected. Honest, in moments that caught me off guard.Three months since we said yes. Four sharing walls, floors, mornings. Turns out space makes love simpler. Close quarters show every crack.Out here, far apart, we turn into who we wish we were. Flawless through a lens. Shaped by cuts. Picked piece by piece.Right there, up close, it all comes into view. Those little irritations stare back. How we don’t quite match sinks in. Distance used to hide that. Now nothing stays buried.Like right now.Right now, I am sitting by the dining table. The screen was glowing in front of me. Papers scattered around — notes, sketches, half-erased lines. They need changes to that report about long-term resource use. Deadline ticks close, set for morning.A sudden splash of color — Amon’s painting hangs there. Not far from my chair, in the living room space. Behind me, actually. Sou
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