"I love you" is the cheapest thing someone can say to you. It costs nothing to whisper it in the dark. It takes no effort to text it back when you send it first. Anyone can mouth those three words while they're already planning their exit.
You've heard it from people who stopped defending you to their friends, who made you feel a burden for asking for the bare minimum, who walked away without looking back. Love isn't what people say when their lips are against your neck. It's what they do when no one's watching.
It's choosing you every single day, even the boring ones. It's everything but those three words that broke your heart.

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