When You Were My World — Zoe Cannon

You found me drifting in space, dying. You opened your heart and your walls to me, and became my ship. For years we traveled together, exploring the universe, our minds and bodies joined. There were no boundaries between us. There were no secrets.Until I made a single bad decision, and lost you forever.This short story is 9100 words long. It is also available in the short story collection Love Is Strange.