I am the stovetop your mother warned you not to touch when you were five. You did it anyways, of course, because you wanted to see if you could survive the pain. I remember you telling me that story on our third date after I told you I've never met anyone I didn't end up hurting. Masochism runs in the family you said. Wreckage runs in mine. When I was five I put aluminum foil in the microwave just to sit and watch the destruction it created. When we met, I knew we wouldn't last long. Fire and ice together never does.