I bet you couldn't watch a scary movie all the way through. You proved me wrong and I gained a best friend.
5 months later you held me tight
4 hours reconnecting and realizing you missed me, too. Fingering "hey fam" in the sequin pillow and meeting my roommates and making a promise that we wouldn't say goodbye for now; promising we would give us a try.
3 dates in one week and talking all night. You took the time to ask how I was, I took that time to ask you to be mine. You kissed my lips and memories I had tried to wash away all came flooding back;
cuddling on the couch after Black Panther with Logan, Christoph, and your mom coming in and out while watching the game--
buffalo peak and wanting to kiss you so bad I was shaking--
sleeping in your basement last December because I was too tired to drive home--
talking about trek with your mom and all her worries in being good enough for the kids she'd be working with, then you and I took a tour of your childhood stomping grounds all while holding your hand and resting my head on your steady shoulder--
sitting around the campfire at lake palisade, my eyes tracing the stars while you and Erich exchanged stories and jokes with my dad--
the night we lie on my living room floor retracing our past, ready for the other to run, when all we received back was acceptance and trust..
2 birthday gifts; one to capture the moments and another to remind you that you sprayed me down with cologne once but that I like it better on you ;)
1 heart that has no way to express its gratitude nor devotion toward the selfless soul that never ceases to keep it safe.
There are so many places I want to take you and people I cannot wait for you to meet, but for what it's worth, the moments I've spent with you don't have me counting down to anything aside from right here and right now with you.
-AA
