How I Met My Wife.
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He does not bring takeout. He does not bring wine. He does not bring the paper bag from the bakery, or a candle, or a small grey dog. He brings himself, in jeans, in a black t-shirt, in the dark grey jacket, and the fact of him being here, in my apartment, on a Sunday, is the fact of a man who is here because I need him to be here, and not because we are going on a date.
We sit on the couch. Lincoln is not here. The candle is not lit. The things that have been the entire six weeks are not here. It is just us, and a couch, and the fact of a thing we have to talk about.