The Rest of the Story

by Tal Bauer

I’d never felt this way. I’d never lost myself in someone else. Certainly had never given away my heart so completely, so utterly, that my life no longer belonged to me.

I wanted to give Shea the world. He wanted me to be me. Buying him his favorite flavor of coffee creamer seemed like a step in the right direction.

he was beautiful, like fine art given a heartbeat and let loose on the world.

That’s the finest thing a man can do in this life: be there for someone.”