“She makes me happy. And not only because, when I’m around her, I don’t feel the need to exhaust myself by dancing attendance. It’s easy. It’s quiet. She makes me laugh. Our lives fit into each other’s rather than Jess making me feel like mine is a burden and her life has to be my everything when she allows me a part in it. Every day, she does something to make me feel like I matter to her, or just matter at all. She’s honest. She shares. She’s not about bullshit. Shit is very real for Jess right now in a variety of ways, but she still asks about my day. She worries I’m not getting enough
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