hushed tones in an ear that used to belong to you. it's still familiar and you're fond, but possession is lost. whispering in that ear before meant a longing desire of some sort. now it's to inform or make a nervous joke/observation.
tide changing relations. the morph to friends and so on, you wait and wait til you can be comfortable. then when the moment arrives it seems so seamless and uneventful. former anxiety falls and ease sets in.
