love is real. not the kind they advertise. not the kind you strived for. not the kind you worked hard for. not the kind that follows your perfectly manicured little life path you've been bred to obey and trust and idealize. trust us, we know. we both almost married other people. tried and true. but we didn't. and what happened? was insanity. life—the entire universe—literally bent and twisted in ways we didn't even know were possible just to bring us to each other's doorsteps