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Fiction | Love
She Loves You — But
The story of love that rarely gets told.
You strike a match, sending an orange peel of firelight into the cold air. You both love these getaways next to a roaring fire under an open, starry sky. This mountain camping trip marks your five-year anniversary.
You grilled chicken and talked about all the things you wanted to accomplish together. You packed up a basket of bread, cheese, and apples and went to eat on a grassy hill overlooking a glassy lake. The sun peeked down from the clouds as you both fell asleep.
Where many couples spoke with banality and resignation, your conversation was full of laughter and surprise, like two young lovers, between their most intimate moments.
You discussed remodeling the house. You bounced around a few ideas for kid’s names. Many said marriage would be difficult, full of trade-offs, compromise, and fights. None of those predictions came to be.
The long weekend has included some of the best days of your marriage. Now, you’ve decided to go take the canoe out on the water. You both walk down the dock. You hold her hand as she steps into the canoe while using your foot to stabilize it.
You climb in after her and tease that this is how every 80’s horror movie starts. You pick up…
