The people who stay when you're not entertaining, not talkative, not "fun," are the ones who love you for real. They don't get annoyed when you're quiet. They don't disappear when your life gets heavy. They don't treat you differently when your spark goes dim. They just stay close until it returns. That kind of steady love is rare, and you don't realize how much it matters until you've gone through seasons where everyone else walked away.