Misconceptions, Missed Connections

You weren’t naive enough to say that you had been in love with him since you’d first met. It’s not as though you could develop real feelings for someone you barely knew, after all. But with some time and conversation, it wasn’t difficult to fall for him. He was sweet, and kind. He was friendly, but guarded; it was months before you began to see the real man beneath the facade, and when you did, you fell even harder.