My Friend Was Marrying The Perfect Guy — Until She Showed Up At My Door
Part 2
She stared at me.
The silence stretched between us, heavier than the rain pounding on the metal roof.
For a second, I thought she was going to slap me.
Her jaw tightened.
She pulled her hand back, wrapping her arms around herself as if she had suddenly realized how cold the workshop was.
Then her expression changed.
The desperation faded, replaced by a clarity I hadn’t seen in her eyes before.
She took a slow step backward.
She didn’t run out into the storm.
Instead, she walked over to the old leather armchair in the corner of the shop and sat down.
She pulled her knees up to her chest.
I grabbed a clean wool blanket from the back room and draped it over her shoulders.
She pulled it tight, burying her face in the thick fabric.
I made a pot of black coffee on the hot plate I kept on my workbench.
We didn’t speak while the water boiled.
I poured two mugs and handed her one.
Her hands were shaking slightly as she took it.
She finally spoke, her voice quiet but steady.
She told me she had walked out of a charity gala Craig had dragged her to.
She told me he had announced their engagement to his senior partners without actually asking her first.
He had bought the ring.
He had booked the venue.
He had decided her future while she was standing right next to him, wearing a smile she couldn’t feel.
I drank my coffee, the bitter taste grounding me.
I didn’t tell her what to do.
I just asked her what she wanted.
She looked down at her hands, the coffee warming her skin.
She said she wanted to be someone who made her own choices.
She wanted to build a life, not just inherit one that had been drawn up on a spreadsheet.
I nodded, understanding exactly what she meant.
She stayed until the storm passed and her clothes were completely dry.
When the first light of dawn started creeping through the high windows, she stood up.
She neatly folded the blanket and placed it on the chair.
She walked over to me, her eyes clear and completely sober.
She thanked me for the coffee and the silence.
Then she turned and walked out the door.
I watched her taillights disappear down the wet street.
I knew she was going back to Craig’s spotless apartment.
I knew she had to face the life that had been planned out for her.
The question was, would she actually find the courage to walk away from the perfect life on paper?
Part 3
Megan stared at the ornate Victorian chair in the center of Tyler’s workshop, her fingers tracing the intricately carved mahogany backrest.
The scent of beeswax, aged timber, and turpentine hung heavy in the warm, stagnant air of the industrial park.
Beside her, Craig adjusted his perfectly tailored Italian cuffs, looking around the dust-coated space with thinly veiled disdain.
He checked his luxury watch for the third time in less than five minutes.
He had already deemed the errand a waste of his billing hours.
Tyler stood quietly on the opposite side of the workbench, a stained rag slung over his broad shoulder.
He watched the couple with the careful, detached observation of a man used to assessing broken things.
Craig finally broke the silence, his voice sharp and carrying the unmistakable cadence of a courtroom litigator.
He demanded to know exactly how long it would take to restore the chair, down to the exact day.
Tyler didn’t flinch at the commanding tone.
He simply ran a calloused thumb over the split wood of the chair’s leg.
He explained that old wood couldn’t be rushed, that the humidity in the shop played a factor, and that the piece would dictate its own timeline.
Craig scoffed, crossing his arms tight against his chest.
He stated that everything had a timeline, and he expected the chair finished before their housewarming party on the fourteenth.
Megan’s shoulders dropped a fraction of an inch.
She didn’t look at Craig.
She kept her eyes fixed on the grain of the mahogany, tracing the dark lines that ran through the pale wood.
She asked Tyler if he thought the original finish could be salvaged.
Tyler looked at her, really looked at her, noting the exhaustion hiding just beneath the surface of her polite smile.
He nodded, telling her that the foundation was strong and just needed the old varnish carefully stripped away.
Craig interrupted, dismissing the conversation as sentimental nonsense.
He handed Tyler a crisp business card and told him to send the invoice to his assistant.
Then he placed a hand on the small of Megan’s back, steering her toward the exit before she could say another word.
Tyler watched them leave.
He saw the way Megan pulled slightly away from Craig’s touch just before they stepped out into the blinding afternoon sun.
He tossed the rag onto the workbench.
He knew instantly that the chair was the least fragile thing in the room.
Megan didn’t expect to return to the shop.
Her life was a series of meticulously planned events, heavily curated by Craig and her socially conscious mother.
She was a gallery curator, surrounded by beautiful, pristine objects that demanded perfection.
Craig was a junior partner on the fast track to making senior.
They were, as everyone constantly reminded them, the ultimate power couple.
But three days after dropping off the chair, she found herself turning down the pothole-ridden road leading to the industrial park.
She parked her sleek sedan next to Tyler’s battered pickup truck.
She sat in the car for ten minutes, gripping the steering wheel, wondering what exactly she was doing.
She told herself she just wanted to check on the progress of the restoration.
She walked into the shop holding two cardboard cups of expensive coffee.
Tyler didn’t act surprised to see her.
He wiped his hands on a towel and accepted the coffee with a quiet word of thanks.
He didn’t ask why she was there without her fiancé.
He just pointed to a rickety wooden stool near the window.
Megan sat down, suddenly feeling ridiculous in her designer pencil skirt and silk blouse.
The silence in the shop was different from the silence in Craig’s spotless penthouse.
Craig’s silence always felt like a prelude to an argument or a lecture.
Tyler’s silence felt like a space waiting to be filled.
She watched him work for twenty minutes before she spoke.
She watched the rhythmic motion of his hands as he sanded a separate piece of oak.
She asked him how he learned to be so patient.
Tyler didn’t look up from his work.
He said that wood doesn’t care about your schedule.
He said if you force it, it breaks.
Megan felt a strange tightness in her chest at his words.
She found herself talking.
She didn’t mean to, but the words started spilling out like water from a cracked pitcher.
She talked about the upcoming housewarming party.
She talked about the guest list Craig had drawn up, consisting entirely of senior partners and wealthy clients.
She mentioned how none of her actual friends were invited because they didn’t fit the ‘profile’ Craig was trying to project.
Tyler kept sanding.
He didn’t offer platitudes.
He didn’t try to solve her problems.
He just listened.
Megan realized with a sudden, sharp pang that it had been months since anyone had simply listened to her without interrupting.
Craig always listened with the intent to reply, to correct, or to strategize.
Tyler listened with the intent to understand.
She stayed for two hours.
When she finally stood up to leave, the tight knot of anxiety that permanently resided behind her ribs had loosened.
She drove back to the city feeling lighter than she had in weeks.
She didn’t tell Craig where she had been.
The visits quickly became a routine.
Every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon, Megan would find an excuse to leave the gallery early.
She would buy two coffees and drive out to the dusty workshop.
She started keeping a pair of old jeans and a t-shirt in her trunk, changing in the gallery bathroom before making the drive.
She helped Tyler sort through boxes of vintage brass hardware.
She learned how to mix shellac and how to identify the subtle differences between cherry and walnut.
She learned that Tyler had inherited the shop from his grandfather.
She learned that he preferred the smell of sawdust to the smell of the city.
She found herself laughing out loud at his dry, understated humor.
Her laughter echoed off the brick walls, a sound she hadn’t heard from herself in a long time.
Tyler started anticipating her arrival.
He found himself sweeping the floor ten minutes before she usually showed up.
He memorized the exact shade of hazel in her eyes when the late afternoon sun hit them.
He knew he was walking a dangerous line.
He was a blue-collar craftsman covered in wood glue.
She was the elegant fiancée of a high-powered attorney.
On paper, they existed in two entirely different universes.
But the paper didn’t account for the way she leaned into his space when he explained a joint technique.
The paper didn’t account for the way she remembered exactly how he took his coffee.
The tension between them grew slowly, like a slow-burning ember in dry kindling.
One afternoon, Craig called her while she was at the shop.
Megan’s phone buzzed loudly against the wooden workbench.
She looked at the caller ID, her expression instantly shuttering.
The easy, relaxed woman disappeared, replaced by the tense, guarded gallery curator.
She answered the phone, her voice dropping an octave into a calm, professional tone.
Tyler tried to focus on his work, but he could hear Craig’s voice carrying through the small speaker.
Craig was berating her for failing to secure a specific catering company for the housewarming party.
He spoke to her as if she were an incompetent assistant.
Megan didn’t argue back.
She just absorbed the verbal blows, apologizing quietly and promising to fix it.
When she hung up, she stared blindly at the wall, her knuckles white as she gripped the phone.
Tyler stopped sanding.
He didn’t ask if she was okay, because clearly she wasn’t.
He walked over to a small mini-fridge in the corner and pulled out two bottles of water.
He handed her one.
He leaned against the workbench next to her, close enough that their shoulders almost brushed.
He told her that nobody deserved to be spoken to like that.
Megan let out a shaky breath, twisting the cap off the water bottle.
She said Craig was just stressed about making senior partner.
She said he didn’t mean it.
Tyler looked at her, his dark eyes intense and unwavering.
He said that people who love you don’t use stress as an excuse to break you down.
Megan didn’t reply.
She couldn’t.
Because deep down, beneath all the carefully constructed layers of denial, she knew he was right.
She left shortly after that, the air between them thick with unspoken truths.
Tyler watched her car pull away, knowing he had crossed a boundary, but unwilling to take the words back.
He went back to work on the Victorian chair, wishing he could fix people as easily as he fixed furniture.
The chair was finished three days ahead of Craig’s arbitrary deadline.
Tyler spent an extra hour applying a final coat of hand-rubbed wax, bringing out the deep, rich luster of the mahogany.
It looked beautiful, completely restored to its original glory.
But looking at it only filled him with a profound sense of emptiness.
He picked up his phone and dialed the number on the crisp business card Craig had left behind.
A receptionist answered, briskly informing him that Mr. Stevens—Craig—was in a meeting and could not be disturbed.
Tyler left a message that the chair was ready for pickup.
He fully expected Megan to be the one to come get it.
He spent the entire morning cleaning the shop, organizing his tools, and waiting for the familiar sound of her sedan pulling into the gravel lot.
But when a vehicle finally arrived just after lunch, it was a pristine white delivery van.
Two men in matching uniforms hopped out, holding a clipboard and a corporate credit card.
They didn’t appreciate the craftsmanship of the chair.
They simply wrapped it in heavy moving blankets, loaded it into the back of the van, and drove away.
Tyler stood in the open doorway of his shop, watching the dust settle in their wake.
He felt a sudden, sharp sting of finality.
The transaction was complete.
The excuse for her to visit was gone.
He walked back inside and stared at the empty space where the chair had been, feeling as though all the air had been sucked out of the room.
He told himself it was for the best.
She belonged in high-society galleries and penthouse apartments.
He belonged in a sawdust-covered shop, fixing things that other people had discarded.
Two weeks passed without a single word from her.
Tyler threw himself into his work with a punishing intensity.
He took on three new restoration projects, working late into the night until his muscles ached and his hands cramped.
He tried to drown out the memory of her laugh with the loud whine of power tools and the rough scrape of sandpaper.
He forced himself to stop looking at the door every time a delivery truck rattled past the building.
He told himself he was being ridiculous.
They hadn’t even touched, save for an accidental brush of shoulders or the brief exchange of a coffee cup.
There was no logical reason for him to feel like he was mourning a major loss.
But logic had absolutely nothing to do with the heavy ache sitting squarely in the center of his chest.
Across the city, Megan was slowly suffocating in a beautifully decorated cage.
The housewarming party was a spectacular success, according to Craig and his senior partners.
The restored mahogany chair sat in the corner of the living room, completely ignored by everyone.
Megan had spent the entire evening balancing a flute of champagne, smiling until her cheeks ached, and making polite conversation with people she actively disliked.
Craig worked the room like a politician, dropping names and securing favors.
He introduced her repeatedly as his future wife, a trophy to be displayed alongside his expensive art and antique furniture.
He didn’t notice the way her smile faltered every time he spoke over her.
He didn’t notice that she barely ate the catered appetizers.
He was too busy celebrating his own perceived brilliance to notice that the woman standing beside him was deeply unhappy.
The following week, the pressure only intensified.
Craig started making unilateral decisions about their wedding, prioritizing venues that would impress his clients over locations that had any personal meaning to them.
He dismissed her suggestions as impractical or too quaint.
He was systematically erasing her from their shared future, replacing her with a perfect, compliant placeholder.
The breaking point arrived on a Tuesday evening, during a charity gala held at a prominent downtown museum.
The event was a sea of black tuxedos and designer gowns, a glittering display of wealth and influence.
Megan stood near a massive ice sculpture, feeling entirely disconnected from her own body.
Craig was holding court with three of his firm’s managing partners.
He had his arm draped heavily over her shoulders, a possessive weight that made it hard for her to breathe.
The conversation shifted to the topic of family planning.
One of the older partners made a joke about how quickly Craig would need to upgrade to a house in the suburbs once they started having children.
Craig laughed loudly, a sound that lacked any real warmth.
He announced to the group that Megan had already agreed to scale back her gallery work to focus on raising their future children.
Megan froze, the champagne in her glass sloshing over the rim.
They had never agreed to any such thing.
They hadn’t even discussed it.
She looked at Craig, waiting for him to clarify that it was just a joke.
He didn’t even glance in her direction.
He just kept smiling at the senior partners, accepting their approving nods.
In that singular, horrifying moment, the fog of denial finally lifted from Megan’s mind.
She saw Craig not as the perfect man on paper, but as a warden constructing a prison disguised as a life.
She carefully set her champagne glass down on a passing waiter’s tray.
She slipped out from under Craig’s heavy arm.
She didn’t make a scene.
She simply turned and walked toward the exit, ignoring Craig’s sharp hiss of her name.
She walked out of the museum, leaving the glittering nightmare behind her.
Outside, a summer storm had broken over the city.
The rain was coming down in heavy, violent sheets, washing the grime from the streets.
Megan didn’t wait for the valet to retrieve her car.
She hailed a passing taxi, her expensive silk gown instantly plastered to her skin by the downpour.
She gave the driver the address of the industrial park.
She didn’t know if Tyler would even be there.
She didn’t know what she would say if he was.
She only knew that she needed to be somewhere real.
She needed to be around someone who actually saw her, rather than a projected image of a perfect wife.
The taxi dropped her off at the edge of the gravel lot.
The building was dark, except for a single square of yellow light spilling from the high window of Tyler’s workshop.
She walked through the rain, her heels sinking into the mud.
She didn’t care about the ruined dress or the ruined makeup.
She reached the heavy metal door and grabbed the handle, rattling it against the frame.
A moment later, the door swung open.
Tyler stood in the doorway, silhouetted by the warm light behind him.
He was wearing a faded t-shirt covered in wood shavings, a rag clutched in his large hand.
He looked at her, his eyes widening slightly in shock.
She stood shivering on the threshold, drenched and completely undone.
She stepped inside, crossing the boundary between the life she was supposed to live and the life she actually wanted.
Tyler immediately locked the door behind her, shutting out the storm and the expectations of the outside world.
Megan stood in the center of the workshop, water dripping from her ruined silk dress and pooling on the sawdust-covered floor.
The silence between them was thick, heavy with the unspoken weight of her sudden appearance.
Tyler didn’t ask her what she was doing there.
He didn’t demand an explanation for why she had shown up at his shop in the middle of a torrential downpour, dressed for a high-society gala.
He simply watched her, his expression a mixture of profound concern and carefully guarded restraint.
Megan wrapped her arms tightly around her torso, a sudden violent shiver racking her slender frame.
The adrenaline that had carried her out of the museum and into the taxi was rapidly fading, leaving her feeling hollowed out and utterly exhausted.
She looked at Tyler, her eyes wide and dark with a combination of desperation and alcohol.
She took a slow, unsteady step toward him, closing the distance between them.
She stopped when there was barely an inch of space separating her shivering body from his solid, heat-radiating frame.
She tilted her head up, her gaze locking onto his.
Her hand reached out, her cold fingers lightly tracing the strong line of his forearm.
She leaned in, her breath warm against his neck, the scent of expensive gin and rainwater clinging to her skin.
Tyler’s heart hammered against his ribs, a frantic rhythm that threatened to drown out the sound of the storm outside.
He wanted nothing more than to close the final inch, to pull her into his arms and erase the memory of the arrogant man she had left behind.
But he looked down into her eyes and saw the raw, fractured vulnerability hiding beneath the surface.
He saw a woman looking for an escape, not a conscious choice.
He gently reached up and wrapped his large, calloused hands around her wrists, stopping her forward momentum.
He took a deep breath, inhaling the intoxicating scent of her, and slowly stepped back.
He looked directly into her eyes, his voice low and incredibly gentle.
He told her that he wanted to kiss her more than anything in the world.
But he also told her that he wanted to kiss her when she was completely sober.
Megan stared at him, her chest heaving as the rejection washed over her.
For a fleeting second, anger flared in her eyes, a defensive reaction born of humiliation and confusion.
Her jaw tightened, and she pulled her hands free from his gentle grasp, wrapping them tightly around herself again.
She looked away, ashamed and suddenly hyper-aware of how foolish she must look.
But then, as she processed his words, her expression shifted.
The anger faded, replaced by a profound, startling clarity.
She realized that he wasn’t rejecting her at all.
He was respecting her.
He was giving her the dignity and the agency that Craig had spent the last two years systematically stripping away.
He was refusing to take advantage of her vulnerability, demanding instead that she make a real choice.
She took a slow, deliberate step backward, creating a safe distance between them.
She didn’t run back out into the rain.
Instead, she walked over to the old, battered leather armchair sitting in the corner of the shop.
She sank into the worn cushions, pulling her knees up tight against her chest.
Tyler didn’t say another word.
He walked into the small back room and emerged a moment later with a thick, clean wool blanket.
He draped it carefully over her shivering shoulders, his touch brief and entirely platonic.
She pulled the blanket tight, burying her lower face in the rough fabric, grateful for the sudden warmth.
Tyler turned away and walked over to the small hot plate sitting on the edge of his workbench.
He quietly went about the familiar process of making a pot of strong black coffee.
The simple, domestic ritual grounded them both in the reality of the moment.
When the coffee was ready, he poured two heavy ceramic mugs and carried them over.
He handed her one, his fingers brushing briefly against hers.
He sat down on a wooden stool a few feet away, sipping his own coffee and waiting for her to speak.
The rain continued to hammer against the tin roof, a steady, rhythmic drumming that insulated them from the rest of the world.
Megan stared down into the dark liquid in her mug, the heat radiating through her cold hands.
She finally broke the silence, her voice quiet but remarkably steady.
She told him everything.
She told him about the charity gala, about the senior partners, and about the casual, cruel way Craig had announced her future without her consent.
She told him how she had spent her entire life trying to be the perfect daughter and the perfect fiancé, contorting herself to fit into boxes designed by other people.
She admitted that she had been terrified to walk away, afraid of the fallout and the disappointment of her family.
But sitting there in the dusty workshop, wrapped in a coarse blanket, she realized she was far more terrified of staying.
Tyler listened, offering no judgment and no unsolicited advice.
He didn’t tell her that Craig was a monster, even though he firmly believed it.
He didn’t tell her that she belonged with him, even though every instinct in his body screamed it.
He simply acted as a sounding board, reflecting her own truths back to her.
He asked her what she actually wanted her life to look like, stripping away the expectations of everyone else.
Megan closed her eyes, letting the question wash over her.
She said she wanted to wake up in the morning and feel like her life actually belonged to her.
She wanted to build something real, rather than inheriting a pre-packaged existence drawn up on a spreadsheet.
She opened her eyes and looked at Tyler, the lingering effects of the alcohol entirely burned away by the intensity of the conversation.
She realized that the man sitting across from her represented exactly the kind of authenticity she was craving.
They talked for hours, the conversation flowing easily from deep, existential fears to mundane, everyday preferences.
Megan felt a profound sense of peace settle over her, a quiet certainty replacing the frantic anxiety that had defined her for months.
When the first grey light of dawn began to creep through the high industrial windows, the storm finally broke.
The heavy rain tapered off into a gentle drizzle, leaving the world outside washed clean.
Megan stood up, her joints stiff from sitting in the chair all night.
She carefully folded the wool blanket and placed it neatly on the seat cushion.
She walked over to Tyler, who was standing by the workbench, watching her with an unreadable expression.
Her evening gown was dry but hopelessly wrinkled, her makeup long since washed away.
She had never looked more beautiful to him.
She stood in front of him, her eyes clear, bright, and completely sober.
She didn’t lean in to kiss him this time.
She knew that wasn’t how this needed to happen.
She thanked him, her voice thick with genuine gratitude.
She thanked him for the coffee, for the blanket, and most importantly, for the silence.
She thanked him for giving her the space to finally hear her own voice.
Tyler nodded, his expression softening into a small, sad smile.
He walked her to the heavy metal door and unlocked it, pulling it open to let the cool morning air rush into the shop.
Megan stepped out onto the wet gravel, turning back to look at him one last time.
She didn’t make any promises about the future.
She simply turned and walked toward the main road to find a taxi.
Tyler stood in the doorway, watching her figure disappear into the morning mist.
He knew exactly where she was going.
She was going back to the spotless penthouse to face the man who had planned out her entire existence.
He knew the battle she was about to fight would be ugly, loud, and incredibly painful.
He closed the door and leaned his forehead against the cold metal, a heavy knot of dread forming in his stomach.
He had given her the strength to make a choice, but he had no way of knowing if she would actually follow through.
The day crawled by with agonizing slowness.
Tyler tried to distract himself with work, attempting to restore the delicate inlay on a vintage jewelry box, but his hands felt heavy and uncoordinated.
He kept glancing at his phone, hoping for a message that he knew logically wouldn’t come.
He replayed the events of the previous night over and over in his mind, questioning every word he had said.
He wondered if he had pushed her away by refusing to kiss her.
He wondered if the harsh light of day had brought back the deeply ingrained fear of disappointing her mother and upending her carefully constructed life.
By late afternoon, the silence in the workshop had become oppressive.
He finally set his tools down, admitting defeat.
He couldn’t focus.
He couldn’t work.
He walked over to the sink in the corner of the room, turning on the cold water and splashing it over his face, trying to wash away the lingering exhaustion of the sleepless night.
He grabbed a clean towel and dried his face, staring blankly at his own reflection in the small, cracked mirror above the basin.
He looked like a man who had gambled everything on a single, impossible hope and lost.
He turned off the faucet and walked back to the main workspace, fully intending to lock up early and go home to try and sleep.
But as he reached for his keys, the heavy metal door at the front of the shop creaked open.
Tyler froze, his heart slamming against his ribs.
Megan stood in the doorway.
She wasn’t wearing a designer gown or a perfectly tailored pencil skirt.
She was wearing a simple pair of faded jeans and a plain white t-shirt, her hair pulled back into a messy, effortless ponytail.
She looked exhausted, her eyes rimmed with red, a testament to the difficult battle she had just fought.
But beneath the exhaustion, there was a profound, undeniable lightness radiating from her.
The rigid posture of the gallery curator was gone, replaced by a relaxed, natural grace.
She stepped into the shop, closing the heavy door firmly behind her.
The sharp click of the lock echoed loudly in the quiet space, signaling a definitive end to the chapter she had just closed.
Tyler didn’t move.
He was almost afraid that if he stepped forward, the image of her would shatter like fragile glass.
He just watched her walk slowly across the sawdust-covered floor, her eyes locked onto his.
She stopped when she was standing directly in front of him, the familiar scent of her washing over him, this time untainted by alcohol or the stale air of a museum gala.
She looked up at him, a tentative, incredibly beautiful smile spreading across her face.
She didn’t offer a dramatic recounting of the breakup or the ensuing fallout with her family.
She didn’t need to.
The fact that she was standing in his shop, dressed in casual clothes in the middle of a Tuesday afternoon, told him everything he needed to know.
She had done it.
She had walked away from the perfect life on paper, choosing the terrifying, messy reality of her own authentic desires.
She reached out, her fingers lightly brushing against the rough fabric of his flannel shirt.
She told him that the penthouse was incredibly quiet when she left.
She said she had packed two suitcases and left the engagement ring sitting exactly in the center of the restored mahogany chair.
Tyler felt a sharp bark of laughter escape his chest, the heavy knot of dread completely dissolving into a profound sense of relief.
He raised his hand, his calloused fingers gently tracing the soft line of her jaw.
He asked her if she was entirely sure about the choice she had made.
Megan leaned into his touch, her eyes closing briefly as she absorbed the warmth of his hand.
She opened her eyes and looked directly into his soul, all traces of doubt completely eradicated.
She told him she had never been more sure of anything in her entire life.
She stepped closer, eliminating the final inch of space that he had so carefully maintained the night before.
She tilted her head up, her gaze dropping briefly to his lips before returning to his eyes.
She whispered that she was completely, unequivocally sober.
Tyler didn’t hesitate this time.
He slid his hand to the back of her neck, his fingers tangling in the soft hair at the nape of her neck.
He pulled her in, his mouth finally meeting hers in a kiss that tasted of sawdust, relief, and the promise of something incredibly real.
It wasn’t a desperate escape or a drunken mistake.
It was a conscious, deliberate choice, made by two people who had finally stopped trying to fit into boxes that were too small for them.
They stood in the center of the dusty workshop, surrounded by broken things waiting to be restored, finally feeling entirely whole.
THE END
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