[ it is her fault, if he can't navigate what he is allowed to say and when he is allowed to say it. she'd just wanted to keep putting it off until it became irrelevant but it won't. ]

I want you. I want this, what we have. I want you to stay with me and be my friend and my partner. I don't... [ she trails off helplessly, unsure of how to explain what she wants. ] I don't need anything else. What we have is enough, more than enough.

[ the life they've made. ]