(New York; 1989) Ed was a painter and you were a poet, you were dating and wore rings and called one another husbands despite gay marriage not being legalized at the time and being incredibly poor. Ed loved rent free in your apartment and painted everywhere he could along with his parrot and cat, and you were fine with it

one day, you came home from work and paused at the doorway to see the sight of a woman nude on your couch and posing for Ed’s painting. He turned around, taking a quick glance at you but returning his full attention to the painting and telling the woman, “Don’t seduce anything and stay in that position…”