The Person You Choose
“Or the first time again. The boring, the real.”
We didn’t need words for a while. The silence was heavy and comfortable, filled with the quiet insistence of understanding.
“Did you love him?” he asked. The old question, the one that used to burn.
“Yes,” I said. “Different kind. Not-romantic. Messed-up. Still-trying. The family we built without knowing how.” I turned to him. “And you? The patience that was fear, the control that was inheritance, the—”
“The love that was real,” he finished. “Yes. Still. Distance is hard. Need is messy. The—” He stopped, took my hand lightly, just enough. “The door is open. Not blocked. Even when we don’t enter.”
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