Where Time Stands Still

by N.S. Perkins

“When are you going to realize that making you happy makes me happy?”

“You act like you’re already dead when you’re so fucking alive!”

“I don’t care that you don’t love yourself enough to believe I’d be lucky to be with you.” A kiss is pressed to the crown of my hair. “We’ll work on that, and in the meantime, I’ll love you enough for the both of us.”