‘No, like, not in that way, but I actually do.’ And it sounds weird, but I know exactly what you mean. It’s a love that doesn’t feel like it’s going to burn through my chest, or bring me to tears, send me to your door in the middle of the night. It’s a softer, mellow love that glows in my heart like a warm night light. It makes me proud of who you are now, proud of who I am. It doesn’t ask for anything in return, and it doesn’t ask for me to do anything to prove it. It’s the sun on the back of your neck, it’s the ocean lapping at my feet. ‘I love you,’ I say again, and I’m sure we will for the
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