We’ve been the closest thing to family for each other since we met. Let’s make that status official.” She shrugs and gives me a lopsided little smile. If I didn’t know better, I would say she’s nervous. “Might as well get the monetary benefits, too, you know?” she says. I laugh, the tension in me releasing like a decompressing airlock. “Holy shit,” I say. “That’s the most romantic thing you’ve ever said to me.”
