Everyone mocked my boyfriend for his height—until graduation day, when our teacher revealed a truth that left the entire room speechless

you could get a normal boyfriend, right?”

“I guess she likes feeling tall.”

At first, the comments hurt.

Then they became background noise.

Or at least, I pretended they did.

Elliot usually handled it better than I did. He had years more experience pretending cruel people didn’t matter.

But every now and then, when someone thought he couldn’t hear them, continue reading …