@fadedentries: it was a tuesday and he had the flu. i drove across town with soup, cold medicine, and his favorite gatorade. he texted me at the door and told me not to come in, he didn't want company. i said i'd just leave the bag. he said fine. i left it on his mat and sat in my car for a minute, and that's when it landed on me. i wasn't asking for anything from him anymore. not attention, not time, not affection. i was literally pleading for permission to take care of him, and he still didn't want it. that's a special kind of rejection. i drove home and cried in my kitchen. then i made myself the same soup i'd bought him, sat down, and ate it slowly. it was the first time in months i'd put that care on myself.

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