Extra 52 - Facinating Hedgehog

Asher still remembered. He was angry. He was extremely angry at that moment, but his anger quickly subsided upon witnessing Liz's tears. For a moment, he didn't care as much about the laptop, which normally couldn't even get scratched.

It wasn’t just that he was unsure of what to do, but he was also confused because Liz didn’t look like other women he had seen when they cried.

“You’re crying, but you don’t seem like you want pity. You look like someone being blown by a storm, but trying with all your might to stay standing, clinging on with just one finger if you have to.”

Fragile, but not broken. Buffeted, but not destroyed. Liz endured. She made a mistake, accepted the consequences, but didn’t crumble. She rose again afterward, defeating despair and pride.

“And it’s the same every time. Whenever I see you cry, I don’t see you as weak. You’re strong, and I find that amazing,” Asher s