Do you still love me?

Whenever Alex and I fight, this is what I say, playfully, to smoothe things over. I started doing this before we started dating (yes, we did have a couple little tiffs before we even started dating) and long before he first told me he loved me. Sometimes it frustrates him when I say it now and there's a real issue that needs to be discussed, as if I'm glossing over the problem or not taking it seriously. But for some reason, all playfulness aside, I need that reassurance at that particular moment when hostilities between us are escalating to know that even though we're fighting now, everything is going to be okay between us. And maybe subconsciously I also want to remind him not to be too harsh with me, because if he can still love me despite it all, maybe it's not really worth fighting about.

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