After Calling My Brooding Roommate My Wife
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When I started calling my brooding college roommate "wife," I meant it as a joke about how carefully he folded my laundry and how reliably he saved me a seat in the dining hall. Rowan never laughed, but he never told me to stop, either. Then, one careless moment in front of our friends made him ask whether I'd ever meant any of it. By the time I understood why the question mattered, Rowan had already begun pulling away. I wanted to fix what I'd made between us, but I couldn't do that by pretending a joke was a promise. So what would Rowan hear if I finally called him by the name I meant?
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The last radio meeting of the semester took place in the theater.
I was standing beside the stage when the station manager announced that the revised version of my piece would air in the summer program, even though we'd missed the regional showcase. I was glad it would still be heard. I was also aware of the piece I'd lost: the rougher ……
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