He stared at her, "Wow." "Yeah." She lifted her chin in the air. "Wow. Because every time you talk about marriage and kids, it feels like the end of me. Of my freedom. My career. My identity." "And every time you avoid it? It feels like the end of us." He fired back. Silence slammed between them. "Well." She broke it first, her voice quieter but crueler. "Maybe you just picked the wrong woman." He rubbed his jaw in thought, "Shit, maybe I did." • • • • • • 𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚊 𝚋𝚊𝚍 𝚖𝚒𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚕𝚎? 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚊 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝? 🥀👻 𝙱𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝟺 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚅𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 (𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚗-𝚘𝚏𝚏)

𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐋𝐘 𝐓𝐈𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐃 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐓𝐙 𝑨𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒚𝒂𝒉 𝑺𝒊𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒆́ 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒑𝒂𝒘𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝑫𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒔-𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒆𝒕, 𝒃𝒖𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅, 𝒖𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏. 𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝑹𝒖𝒃𝒊𝒄𝒐𝒏-𝒂 𝒃𝒓𝒖𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒍, 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒂𝒍, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏'𝒕 𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔.