Tora

So there was this undercurrent starting where I'm repeatedly saying, like, we're just friends, but we're friends who are snuggling on the couch watching a movie and not touching, he just started just leaning like my head on his shoulder or something. So benign, so middle school, but it was perfect for me because I wasn't ready to do that.

So there was this undercurrent starting where I'm repeatedly saying, like, we're just friends, but we're friends who are snuggling on the couch watching a movie and not touching, he just started just leaning like my head on his shoulder or something. So benign, so middle school, but it was perfect for me because I wasn't ready to do that.

He said something to me like, I think you're in love with me. And I said, I think you're in love with me. And that was it. We were in a relationship after that.

He said something to me like, I think you're in love with me. And I said, I think you're in love with me. And that was it. We were in a relationship after that.

He said something to me like, I think you're in love with me. And I said, I think you're in love with me. And that was it. We were in a relationship after that.

I leaned in and it was the most fulfilling time of my whole entire existence. I'm getting emotional just talking about it because that part is perfect in my mind.

I leaned in and it was the most fulfilling time of my whole entire existence. I'm getting emotional just talking about it because that part is perfect in my mind.

I leaned in and it was the most fulfilling time of my whole entire existence. I'm getting emotional just talking about it because that part is perfect in my mind.

His family was incredibly complicated, incredibly damaged, incredibly dysfunctional. And these were the reasons that he's so guarded. These are the reasons that he doesn't have a relationship with them or see them or go to visit them.

His family was incredibly complicated, incredibly damaged, incredibly dysfunctional. And these were the reasons that he's so guarded. These are the reasons that he doesn't have a relationship with them or see them or go to visit them.

His family was incredibly complicated, incredibly damaged, incredibly dysfunctional. And these were the reasons that he's so guarded. These are the reasons that he doesn't have a relationship with them or see them or go to visit them.

He got hurt in Iraq. They were on a drive through a city of some kind and hit an IED. And the Humvee in front of them blew up. Theirs didn't. But the impact knocked theirs off its balance. He got hurt. His foot was amputated because of that injury. And he was medically retired and then came home.

He got hurt in Iraq. They were on a drive through a city of some kind and hit an IED. And the Humvee in front of them blew up. Theirs didn't. But the impact knocked theirs off its balance. He got hurt. His foot was amputated because of that injury. And he was medically retired and then came home.

He got hurt in Iraq. They were on a drive through a city of some kind and hit an IED. And the Humvee in front of them blew up. Theirs didn't. But the impact knocked theirs off its balance. He got hurt. His foot was amputated because of that injury. And he was medically retired and then came home.

His dad showed up to the hospital and tried to get medical power of attorney so that he could sell Aaron's portion of land that he had been left by his grandparents on the Choctaw Reservation in Oklahoma. So Aaron fought tooth and nail to get better, to get stronger, and kicked his dad out of his life.

His dad showed up to the hospital and tried to get medical power of attorney so that he could sell Aaron's portion of land that he had been left by his grandparents on the Choctaw Reservation in Oklahoma. So Aaron fought tooth and nail to get better, to get stronger, and kicked his dad out of his life.

His dad showed up to the hospital and tried to get medical power of attorney so that he could sell Aaron's portion of land that he had been left by his grandparents on the Choctaw Reservation in Oklahoma. So Aaron fought tooth and nail to get better, to get stronger, and kicked his dad out of his life.

The man was covered in enormous scars. Everything about him screams, I have had a hard life. I have had a physically hard life. I've been injured. I've had surgeries.

The man was covered in enormous scars. Everything about him screams, I have had a hard life. I have had a physically hard life. I've been injured. I've had surgeries.

The man was covered in enormous scars. Everything about him screams, I have had a hard life. I have had a physically hard life. I've been injured. I've had surgeries.