We had been together for seven beautiful, uninterrupted years. Eight, if you count that magical first year when Leo and I were practically stitched together at the hip—not in a desperate, suffocating way, but just… magnetic. It was like gravity itself knew exactly what it was doing when it brought us into the same room.
Leo had arrived late to a crowded birthday dinner I desperately didn’t want to be at, carrying a massive, homemade carrot cake and apologizing with a brilliant grin that instantly made everyone forget he was even late. He said something witty about store-bought desserts completely lacking a human soul, and somehow, within five minutes, he had the entire table laughing hysterically. Including me.
Leo wasn’t just charming; he noticed. He remembered the tiny things—how I loved the rich smell of coffee but couldn’t drink a single drop past 4:00 PM or I’d be up tossing and turning all night. He opened doors, of course, but he also quietly refilled my water bottle without being asked and would iron my wrinkled work clothes while I was busy in the shower. He watched my face whenever I spoke, not because he was socially supposed to, but because he genuinely wanted to. Leo made ordinary, mundane things feel like little handwritten love letters.
When our daughter, Grace, was born, something profound in my husband’s soul bloomed. I didn’t think it was humanly possible to love him more, but watching him become a father made me fall for him all over again. He read her bedtime stories in ridiculous pirate voices. He carefully cut her morning pancakes into intricate hearts and teddy bears. He was the kind of devoted dad who made her laugh so hard she couldn’t breathe.
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