"You were married? You?"
"Yeah. He was the only person I've ever met who didn't need me to change. Other people always wanted me to be softer. Nicer. Wanted to shave down all my sharp edges until I was nice and smooth and small. He met me right where I was, let me take up all the space I wanted. I didn't know how much I needed that. And then he went and died on me. The asshole."











