Jacob
Once, I figured normal was out of my grasp. Given what I'd endured… the pains, the betrayals, the nights spent curled up in the dark, praying for silence… I'd assumed I'd spend my life feeling numb, armored against love.
I had built walls so high that even the thought of someone scaling them seemed laughable. Then came Nathan, a man unlike any other I’ve ever met.
He didn’t demand anything from me. No treating me like a mystery to unravel or a trophy to show off. No prying into the parts of me I wasn’t ready to share.
He didn’t push when I clammed up about my past, didn’t flinch when I recoiled from unexpected touches. He just stuck around, his presence alone scratching away at my defenses, brick by stubborn brick.
His hand in mine in public didn’t scream possession. It whi
