romance

Here are five relationship red flags that might not be obvious, but can nonetheless indicate a possible, incompatible dynamic.

If this is love then this is all I have ever wanted.

During the many times I’ve had a friend group fall out or grow apart, the following weeks certainly felt like a genuine loss. Yet grief seems to just be emblematic of the lasting love we had for our friends, and that is a comforting reminder that these relationships are worth pursuing.

She was twenty-five. Why did it feel as if her life had passed her by?

There’s an intricate delicacy in shared looks across the room and bitten-back smiles behind brushed fingertips; another language in scribbled notes and tight, quick hugs. I want slow egg-cooking mornings and a midday coffee.

Your touch is / clear, transparent, mine / I know one of us will be wise / but maybe, no / not maybe, no such thing, sadly / we’re stubborn, enriched / in delectable chaos / and pity 

Despite letters’ loss of popularity in the modern age, letter writing is still quite present and important in our literature.

Something or anything? / No. Everything. / Yes, everything with you. / Maddie — vida mia.

In “American Cherry,” the typical coming-of-age story takes a dark twist as the protagonists’ growing romance is distorted into something more sinister, and ultimately deadly.

"I want her to text me. I want her to call me; I just want to know she’s thinking of me."