The universe was apologizing for the torture that was thrusted upon me, the darkness I was drowned in, filling my lungs and leaving them tainted. The universe was apologizing for the years lost, the sleepless nights, the screams of terror. The universe was apologizing for breaking me and taking away my light. It came in the form of a smile—a real, genuine smile. It was a smile that stretched so beautifully across a man’s face that my soul sighed in awe, the bruises on my heart healing, the doubt in my mind vanishing Mason Langston was smiling at me.
