Accept Transformation

Illustration by Laura Lee Benjamin, used with permission. You can follow Laura Lee Benjamin on Instagram here and on Patreon here.

He walked across the brick with a clarity of purpose and a serenity Connie had rarely seen in him in the times before. He used to look around nervously, sweeping the ground with his eyes, his posture tucked inward, hiding his chest and projecting his doubts. His mannerisms, the way he dressed, the perpetual and painful-looking curl to his spine — it had always been a request for you to forgive his existence. Now he didn’t seem to care about the…