"You could never be ugly." Jonathan stated like it was pure fact, with no stutter or stammer at all. It just didn't click in his head. Perhaps not as handsome as he styled himself now but no way could Edward have been like him. Ugly and repellent. "Ch-Changes are not always a bad th-thing."

He wondered if he could ever have an experience like Edward and find himself suddenly being more attractive or have better posture, maybe suddenly all that social stuff clicking. Maybe one day he could be normal. But did he want to be? He wasn't sure. It seemed like a lot of energy.

"You're reading about s-stutters. Uns-s-surp--" Fuck. "Of course."