Look too closely and you’ll see the sellotape around my heart
One step forward
6 min readAug 23, 2021
I sit opposite him, and he is laughing at my jokes. He is really laughing, without care, without abandon, and for a moment I glow. He thinks that I’m funny. I am on my first date with him, my first date at all, and maybe I am doing something right. But then I remember when you used to laugh at my jokes, it feels so long ago and…
