Don’t Be the Background in Someone Else’s World

Summary

For the five years we were together, Sloane was one of the top astrophotographers in the world.

But I never once begged her to take me on her expeditions.

She had made her boundaries very clear.

"The golden rule of astrophotography is zero light pollution. Even a single flash of a phone screen can completely destroy an entire night of long exposure."

Because of that rule, for five long years, I did not even dare to text her a simple "Are you there yet?" when she traveled.

I was terrified that the brief glow of her screen lighting up in the dark would ruin her masterpiece.