Status Updates From Swipe Right on Fate

...This whole night has been really, really nice.” It was such a simple thing. Four little letters. A phrase that was more often used as a throwaway than anything substantial, but to me? To me, it was so much more. A mutual understanding. A shred of acceptance in a world where I’d struggled to find any. A hint at the possibility of something grander, perhaps even something I had assumed I would never have.

"Or what if I completely gave up trying to carve my way into spaces that clearly didn’t want me?"