"I really honestly go for free love, people should fuck people, friends should hook up with friends, whatever. But," hooking her heels against his back. "I am so glad you're into me and not him. So I don't have to pretend with you."

Of all the things she loves about this, the fact he embraces the serrated edges of who she really is has to be the thing she would fight hardest to keep.

"It's just... Every guy he's into treats me like that. Archer doesn't anymore, I'm cool with Archer. But every other guy he fucks thinks I'm a goddamn idiot. And whatever. I'm not winning any prizes, I know. But they all let me know they think I'm a moron and I don't..." Goddamn it. "I don't know why."