Kind of OT but, anyway... do you know what i like about your stories? The fact that the pain and the hurt is always more subtle and deep... never harsh. Harshness has a beauty too, but that's what we see on our screens these days and I a so very glad that you are exploring the subtleties of hurt and pain.
Okay, back to this... terrific. I love the way his awareness and contentment is expressed, and his reaction to the news was fantastic... beautiful. It's not even that he can't think of marriage with her, or that he doesn't want that possibility with her... it's that he feels it is simply something beyond him now.. and the way you explained that was beautiful.
Loved Ishu's mindset and directness with him- he needs that... looking forward to what happens next ...😊
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