"You're right," he said softly. They had each other and their friends would all support them and eventually his mother would come around to see that this is a good thing, a healthy thing, the very thing that he needed.
Terry lifted her hands from around him so he could stand and wrap her in turn in his arms. She fit so perfectly against him. Even on his worst days when time and memory slipped through his fingers like sand, his body knew hers. His heart knew hers. "I love you, Susan."