Autumn met Steve at a bus stop. When he arrived, she didn’t say a word, just stood there with him. He smiled at her, even waved. She smiled back, but didn’t talk.

When the bus came, she got on and motioned for him to get on too.

She didn’t sit with him. Instead, she sought out a place where she would be sitting among a bunch of other people, without any empty seats near her.

At first, Steve didn’t know what to do. He slumped into a seat when the bus started ...