“I don’t think he’s a good guy for you anymore.”
“I know but I love him.”
“But he keeps hurting you. How can you say you love him?”
“Please just…just stop, you guys. I know you’re trying to look out for me but please just stop. I love him and nothing you can say will change that. The Jackson I fell in love with is still in here. He still cares for me…I know he does…”

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For four years, Mark and Jackson have been a couple. The first year or two was great. They did couple things together and everything. They were the perfect couple. Then everything changed when Jackson started coming home late smelling like alcohol and girls and Mark contracted an unknown, incurable illness and fell into depression.