though words feel too small for what i feel for you, i still want to try. we fell in love fast. faster than i knew was possible. and so, so deep. like something in me had been waiting quietly for you, and the second you arrived, it stood up and said, finally. it was sudden, intense, and real. you opened a door in me i didn’t even know was closed—and i stepped through without hesitating. and that kind of falling… is beautiful. and terrifying. because when something touches you this deeply, you know it’ll leave a marK. and i know—whatever happens—this will break me. at least for a whiLe. but i wouldn’t take a single second bacK. because loving you has meant loving all of you. the way you draw, and your inner child comes out through your hanDs. the way your body lights up when you skate, like it remembers freedom. the way you get frustrated sometimes—but never shut down. you stay open, soft, human. i love how you hold it together with graCe. how you melt into my arms at the end of the day and let me hold you like you’ve been needing it. i love how you care so deepLy. how you notice things most people don’t. how you believe there’s more out there for you—because there is. and yes, selfishly, i wish that “more” included mE. i love that you get annoyed when i turn away from you in my slEep. that you want me close—even then. i love your gentleness. your firE. your mind. your spirit. the way you see me. and let me see you. and now i’m packing my life into boXes. getting ready for cologne. while you’re still here in barcelona—though maybe not foreVer. it hurts to leave. it hurts to see that little crack in your smile that i know wasn’t there before. i hate that i’m the reaSon for it. but love like this doesn’t just vanish. it shifts. it stretches. it finds new ways to stay aLive. and i believe we will figure this out. not overnight. not without pain. but we wiLl. because this doesn’t feel like the end of our story. it feels like a pause. a transforMation. a deep breath. you are something i didn’t expect—but something i’ll never forget. and i love you, in all your layers. always, m

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