After Romance, Then...

....think about the breakfast conversations. the way they respond when you tell them about your dreams that sound too unrealistic. whether they dismiss it, or whether their eyes light up like it’s their own. think about how they handle disappointment, anger, the sudden swell of money or the lack of it. because love is not about the way someone holds you when you’re beautiful, it’s about the way they look at you when you’ve failed. it’s about the way they react when you’re wrong, when you’re lost, when you’re not your best self. 

(agreed  to by Digital Anvil.)