Fireworks, Fairytales, and Realism?

A story that starts out like a rom com and ends with a dose of reality.

Photo by Josh Hild on Unsplash

It was an evening walk.
Christmas was still lit up all over the neighborhood.
They were walking for time, but the breeze was nice.
He leans over and asks, “why me?”.
She smiles and laughs, “well...”
“I’d put it this way,
I could have another man, and we’d get along fine.
I’d be…