Top Highlights

• if John went for men—and miraculously returned Lukas’s feelings—he’d treat his partner with respect and not laugh at them.
• But sometimes, when he’d had a particularly long day, there was a moment just before he pushed the door open that he ached for someone to be waiting on the other side.
• Maybe he should get a dog.
• He rinsed away the day and tried not to think about that empty feeling in the pit of his stomach that had been growing larger lately.
• He’d long ago made his peace with being alone. He was in his forties; it was time to let go of the dream of someone to grow old with.