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I need to say something

and I need you to get to the end before you say anything back

open this

Open by naming the fear, not the feeling — that you'd rather have them as a friend than lose them over this.

Saying that first is what makes the rest readable.

Everything before this

everything before this ~

the year we met

When you were just the person who…

somewhere in the middle

The night it stopped being that

The part I've been carrying

Say how long. Be specific — a season, a trip, a conversation.

Specific is believable. 'For a while now' is not.

Something they said once, offhand, that you never managed to forget.

What I'm not asking for

and this stays ~

This doesn't change

3 reasons

  1. You don't owe me an answer today, or at all.
  2. Name the thing you'd keep doing together regardless.
  3. One more, so it reads as a promise instead of a hedge.

That's all of it. Your move, whenever.