Someone You Deserve

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(30 25 21 1)>Rule number one of bro-code: exes sisters-and of course wives-are off-limits.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(30 25 21 1)>Don't think about them and sure as hell don't kiss them.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(30 25 21 1)>But what if your best friend dies and suddenly you want the woman who has always been his?</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(30 25 21 1)>Four years ago my childhood friend lost his life serving our country and Astrid and her kids became my responsibility.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(30 25 21 1)>But before I knew it something started to shift between us.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(30 25 21 1)>Her smile started to make my stomach twist. Our conversations gave me something to look forward to. And working with her made me appreciate just how strong she truly was.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(30 25 21 1)>But then one night I did the one thing I shouldn't have but couldn't fight any longer-I kissed her.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(30 25 21 1)>She pushed me away told me it was a mistake and begged me to forget it ever happened.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(30 25 21 1)>And then she shoved me deep and fully into the friendzone where I've resided since then.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(30 25 21 1)>Until one instance changes everything and I know for certain she's the woman I want.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(30 25 21 1)>Just when I think we're on the same page a secret from our past threatens to destroy our future.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(30 25 21 1)>I shouldn't want my best friend's widow.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(30 25 21 1)>I shouldn't care what other people think.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(30 25 21 1)>But in the end the only thing that matters is being someone Astrid deserves and I'll stop at nothing until she believes that too.</span></p><p><br></p>