I’d gone so long without understanding how it could be, treading water in a gray and empty sea, getting momentary glimpses of light, but nothing I could ever grab ahold of, nothing I ever wanted. And then Luka. Luka, whom I’d known and loved, he broke through all the gray and showed me how amazing touch could feel, how a kiss was supposed to taste, how losing yourself and letting go wasn’t a perfunctory obligation, but vivid fireworks in a clear sky.
