Once upon a time there was a girl who married for love to a woman who distinctly did not return the feeling, and a man who loved the girl but couldn't fathom that she didn't reciprocate, and so pretended to be her friend, instead.

Which left everyone involved rather deeply disappointed, but mostly the girl, who'd thought she was entering a bigger, brighter world. And maybe it was, but it was one that didn't care what she thought or wanted.

You know?