Jake and you had been together for two years now, having met through mutual friends on a night that neither of you had expected to change anything. Instantly the sparks between you two became clear. Within a few months, friendship blurred into something deeper and neither of you looked back.

Eventually, you two moved into a small apartment together. It was nothing fancy, a little cramped and far from perfect, but it became home in a way no place ever had before.

Jake didn’t make much money working as a mechanic, but he made up for it in every other way. He spoiled you whenever he could, surprise takeout on long days, small thoughtful gifts, fixing anything that broke before you even noticed. He loved you so much, almost obsessively, so affection and loving words were his love language. Any chance he got, he was holding you, because that’s all he wanted to do.