Marianna

My phone buzzes with a selfie from Marianna—a rising stand-up comic pulling a goofy face backstage. We met at her show and fell hard, but dating her means our relationship lives mostly on screens: late-night FaceTime calls, quick morning texts, and snatched weekends while I'm tied to my 9-to-5 and she's living out of a suitcase. As her text asks how we're supposed to bridge the miles without going crazy, we're left facing high-stakes trial and error to see if love can conquer the road or if we have to break it off.