"I guess it was a little young, yeah. It didn't seem that way to me at the time, though. Jess was everything to me. We'd already been dating for a few years at that point, so it just kind of fit. Or something like that, anyway." Jenessa was a lot of firsts for him. First person to talk to him in school, first real friend, first kiss, first heartbreak. First failed marriage, too, though he prayed that there was never a followup to compare it to. He should've seen their split coming. Even if he hadn't lost his sight, it was probably inevitable anyway. He loved her deeply, and she had loved him too at one point, but they were too different. The years they'd had together had been a miracle in themselves. And a blessing, in spite of Lex's own opinion, considering that there were people like Blue who'd never gotten to feel the way Lex and Jess had felt for each other once. "Nothing serious? As in, ever? That's rough. The dating pool's kind of slimmed down in size."<br/><br/>_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<br/><br/>Elsewhere, Marcus busied himself by pulling tools out of their rightful places in racks and toolboxes. There were a lot of good tools here, but not a lot he didn't already have. His back cracked audibly as he stood up and stretched it, raising his arms over his head as he walked. It wasn't until he turned around that he noticed the tan tarp that stood tented over something short and long. At first glance, Marcus almost thought it might be a speeder, but the size wasn't quite right for that, it was a little bit too long and... oddly round. His footsteps echoed through the repurposed gymnasium as he crossed the distance in long, even strides, before throwing back the tarp to sate his curiosity.<br/><br/>"...Holy shit."