When I was younger, my friends and I tried to guess what our future partners’ professions would be. I didn’t care much at the time, but I was adamant about not dating anyone in emergency services. No firefighters, no police, no one whose job involved them running headfirst into danger for a living. In theory, a footballer should be safe, but there was nothing safe about my feelings for Asher. Maybe I was selfish for asking him to give up something he loved. If that was the case, then so be it. I would rather be selfish with him alive and healthy than selfless with him buried beneath the
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