And looking at Devin, all I want to do is kiss em. Well, maybe not all, but it takes everything inside me to stay put. “You said yourself that long distance would be hard.”

“I know,” e says, “but that doesn’t mean it’s not worth trying, right? I mean, if you want to. I just think . . . I know it’ll be hard, but I wanted to show you that sometimes the hardest projects have the biggest payoff, and more than anything, I think we’re worth it. Don’t you?”

And God is it scary to think about having a long-distance best friend and a long-distance significant other all at the same time, but then, is it really scarier than giving up Devin, someone who made a whole scavenger hunt just to stage a meet cute to make me happy? Someone who knew exactly what I needed better than I did, and who forgave me before I ever knew how to start asking for forgiveness?

I smile, even though I can feel the tears threatening to pour out of my eyes at any minute. I wrap my arms around eir waist and lean my head against eir shoulder. “I definitely want to. I don’t want to be in a nursing home thinking about how much better my life could’ve been if you were still in it.”

Devin laughs, running eir hand up and down my back, and my grip around em tightens. I just want to hold on and never let go.

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Step 12: The Happily Ever After

Well, it’s pretty self-explanatory.

Friday, August 3

MeetCuteDiary posted:

It all started with a summer camp.

I was pretty annoyed by the fact that I had to be there at all. I’d only gotten the job because my brother had vouched for me even though I didn’t really deserve it, and while I’d been hoping for hot guys and true love, all I was getting was lost and confused.

I stopped to ask a kid my age about the inner workings of the camp and then things went south real fast.

Basically, e barfed all over me, and I was furious because it was disgusting, but also because I’d kind of channeled all my anger at being there into this person for being the last straw.

It was only the next day after e brought me coffee that I actually saw em for the first time. And it was only recently that I started to realize how important that moment was for me. It may not have been a meet cute, or at least not a typical meet cute, but it was cute because it was the first time I met the person who changed my world for the better.