Oh, no, love! I didn't mean to make you cry! I hope they were satisfying tears? Cathartic?

I agree with you that the story portrayed here is a fairly simple one. Kara and Lee are friends, then they become more than friends. The end. Not particularly unique or original! I'm definitely not one for intricate plots. But I'm so glad that the language was able to carry you through this narrative emotionally. I believe words -- how we arrange them, how we play with them, how we challenge their conventional meanings -- pack so much potential energy.

Lol -- and definitely not a superpower, love! Just a love of good poetry and prose, and lots of hours writing really, really badly until something less bad finally popped out.

You are the sweetest. Thank you so much for this comment. Everyone's words are making me tear up.