#queer relationship

Fast forward to today. I moved away from that small town to a larger city. I made wonderful new friends who accept me and love me for who I am. I am in an amazing wlw relationship with the love of my life. We live in the cutest apartment with two adorable cats that overlooks a beautiful river. I’m living a life that is better than I could have imagined and I get to do it all with my absolute best friend in the entire world.

It does get better, it really does. You might be stuck somewhere right now where it’s not ok to be yourself, but there are so many places and so many people who will celebrate you for who you are. You just have to make it until then.

I never dated men. Bc no man could meet my standards. Every man who tried made my internal "NOPE PREDATOR ALERT" alarm go off. Except for one...who waited 5 years for me. 5 years. Multiple times I turned him down and his approach was never "oh I gotta try harder" it was "as long as I can still be your friend. You matter too much."

Only girls.

For 15 years.

And now suddenly i'm like singing "A Whole New World" bc wow this is super nice actually and maybe I was Bi this whole time and just said Lesbian bc of course no man could ever have me but now im like...if I can date this one...if it doesnt work out...maybe....maybe there is another man out there who doesnt make my alarm bells go off.

I'm drooling over fuckin shirtless men in photos for the first time.

Chapters: 9/? Fandom: Original Work Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Additional Tags: Lesbian Character, Lesbian Sex, wlw, Romance, Lesbian Romance, 1990s, Teenagers Summary:

Fifteen-year-old former orphan, Rylee Raines, having lived with her grandparents for the past four years falls for the girl across the street. A rebellious teenager from Georgia, Samantha Corino, brings a lively change to her life. Forming a garage punk band, their adventures over the summer, including a band competition just before school starts, will change both of their lives.

Chapter Nine is good to go!

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I spent most of my childhood grappling with being raised religious, being surrounded by people who would say slurs like it was nothing, in a small town. I thought something was wrong with me. I tried to fit myself into a box, tried to make myself straight, convince myself that if I just sucked it up I could make everyone else happy.

Until I just couldn’t anymore. I was in a miserable relationship that had me questioning if I was even capable of feeling romantic attraction. I was slowly loosing my mind, so I took the jump. I came out to my mom.

It was the scariest thing I’d ever done. But she held my hand, kissed me on the cheek, and told me everything was fine.

There was no world in which I could have pictured that reaction.

I don’t care much about the people I lost along the way. You find the people who really matter to you, who love you unconditionally. The world is changing everyday and there’s a lot of scary out there, but there is also a lot of love. A lot of good people who will build community with you.

Nearly ten years later I’m now married to the love of my life, in our little queer home. I never would have known happiness to this extent if I had given up.

The best thing I ever did was be myself.

"I never would have known happiness to this extent if I had given up."

this right here is basically why we do what we do :')