and they were roommates… the story of your life. you were so in love with marlene. she liked you back and you knew it. but her internalized homophobia from her parents never let her admit that she was.

you sat on the couch waiting for her to come home from work, smoking a cigarette

you and marlene’s relationship was like ‘friends with benefits’, but you both wanted more. marlene wouldn’t allow it- she refused.