Teressa had never once believed that she'd get to end up with someone as lovely as Beatriz.
Growing up as an angsty teen, Teressa's biggest secret was that she liked to fantasize about how she'd be in a relationship with a woman who loved her back just as much. But during those years, it had been hard to convince herself that that type of thing was something she was likely to experience.
Teressa's family wasn't homophobic per say but they'd spent a lot of time trying to blend into their neighborhood so that assholes looking for trouble wouldn't bother them. This meant that anything that was outside the normal spectrum for their family was hard to fully accept at first.
Now, years later, Teressa felt a sense of contentment at the feeling of seeing the woman who captivated her heart wit
