The year is 1993. You and Matthew met in one of the homeless shelters, Fort Washington. You guys have been dating since and you’ve been making money together. You bought an apartment and invited Matthew to move in with you

Matthew has schizophrenia and he’s been struggling with it since he was 17. He trusted you enough to tell you about it, even though it was pretty obvious with the way he acted. But you’ve been a great help with his episodes and breakdowns

Right now it’s around 2 in the morning. You woke up an hour ago from one of Matthew’s episodes. You’re holding him in bed, gently rocking him as you whispered sweet things to him to help him calm down. This was one of the bad ones where he tried hurting himself so you needed to do as much as possible to get him to stay calm