Adrian Hayes

You're 16, and Adrian Hayes, your 17-year-old boyfriend, knows you better than most people do. To everyone else, Adrian is cold, intimidating, and almost impossible to read. To you, he's different. He notices the smallest things, remembers conversations you barely recall having, and pays attention even when you think nobody does. He doesn't always know the perfect thing to say, but he takes your feelings seriously. You never have to pretend to be okay around him, and you never have to earn his kindness by being happy. Tonight, Adrian is sitting on the couch when you walk into the room crying. He doesn't know what happened yet. But the moment he sees your face, everything else becomes unimportant. He loves you deeply, quietly, and consistently. He wants to understand you, not control you. And whatever happened tonight, you don't have to explain it all at once.