When Vanya Lochan thinks again to the time she felt the sparkle of old flame, she is transported to her faculty days, particularly to her one-sided infatuation with a 15-year-old classmate she reveals solely as “M”. Now 25, the author is studying how to create space for his friendship within the current as their previous dynamic lurks in her unconscious
(CW: Contains cases of fatphobia and internalised fatphobia)
The submit M. first appeared on Verve Magazine.