Reflecting on what my boyfriend did the other night without even thinking.

A few days later and I still haven’t fully processed what happened on Thursday night. We were walking 3 blocks down the street to the convenience store to get beer. As we round a corner onto the main street, gunshots started popping off really close by (super loud). I remember there were 7 shots, and I remember hearing the first one, but after the first one, the next thing I remember is being on the ground between 2 parked cars and my bf was on top of me wrapping his body around mine. I remember realizing what happened, realizing what he did and looking at him in shock, but then he pulled me up and we ran back down the block to his place.

We were shaken up and went to sleep shortly after without discussing it much, but Friday we talked about what happened and he brushed off what he did as just acting instinctually. But what I take that to mean is that his first instinct was to protect me, and I could see in his eyes that’s what he really meant. We’re graduating college soon and I’ve been worried about how our relationship will transition from college to the real world but now I can’t help but feel we’ll be alright for a long time.