So you see how it is, don't you? Being with a partner always changes one's life but this would change everything for you.

And when I think about there's a lot less for me to lose than you: my job isn't dependent on my sexuality and my family has accepted it, and you know most of my friends already and I doubt they'd be that surprised if we told them we were together.

But. I think we have something too. It scares me too, but more in the way that a roller coaster scares me than, say, someone pointing a gun at me.