It Started with Peas

Adapted from “The Imperfect Clock” by Megan Donnelly

During one of their most strained weeks in counseling, she asked him to pick up groceries on his way home. Simple list. Easy task.

He walked in 90 minutes late with takeout and one item: frozen peas.

Just peas.

She stared at the bag, blinked, and said, “Did the grocery store run out of… everything else?”

He panicked. “I forgot the list. But I remembered you like peas.”

It was so far off the mark, so bizarrely earnest, that she burst out laughing. The first real laugh in weeks.

Later that night, she texted her therapist: “Progress: We still argue, but now we eat peas.”

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