hi!
my heart belonged to books and reading when i was younger, bedtime stories above everything. it was a very dear part of my childhood that when i learned it wasn’t part of his, it broke my heart. i started reading stories to him when he’d have a hard time falling asleep. we didn’t go to bed together because of the time difference, but we’d have that innocent intimacy between us at night. there was one night where he told me we’d make a good children’s book—us as our favorite animals. a turtle and a jellyfish.. i pointed out how they were predator and prey. he assured me that when we get reincarnated we’d be the first pair to be friends.
i’ve found something dearer than bedtime stories.. i’ve found someone to read those stories to. i hope you’ll let me read to you again, n.