@maybethemae: I don’t fall fast. Not because I’m cold — but because I’ve learned what it costs to fall without safety. I feel things deeply. I just don’t hand that part of me to people who haven’t earned it. I’ve been the one who stays calm while everything else is breaking. The one who keeps going even when it would be easier to stop. The one who carries more than she lets on. If you dated me, you wouldn’t get someone loud or unpredictable. You’d get someone intentional. Someone who means what she says. Someone who doesn’t love halfway. I don’t open doors easily. But when I do, I don’t disappear.