Emily And Brendon From Behind ((install)) -

So if you want to know if Emily and Brendon will last, do not watch them kiss in the kitchen. Wait until they think the evening is over. Watch them from behind as they walk down the driveway, two figures shrinking into the dark. If their shadows merge into one, they are fine. If they walk in parallel lines that never touch, they are already gone.

But turn around. Watch them walk away.

From the front, Emily is effervescent. She laughs loudly at parties, gestures with her hands, and makes sure Brendon is always in the frame of her stories. Brendon, from the front, is steady. His smile is a slow, reliable sunrise. He nods when she speaks. They look, to any casual observer, like the picture of balance: her fire, his earth. emily and brendon from behind