A part of me had been afraid of that word. Of what it might feel like to be a husband. That it might ultimately be ill-fitting, as so many of the roles I put on ultimately were. But it felt right. It felt like something I already knew to be true.

"I'm the one who gets to show off," I teased, tucking his hair behind his ear, my hands gently framing his face. "You are famous, after all."