I feel like along with the long-lasting relationship, there's a moment of sexual realization. There's hints of a confused person thinking back on the girl/boy and the moment that led him/her at age nineteen (an age many people are finishing their first year of college) to explore/discover/accept this queer sexuality that they "felt in their legs and heart" "calling" for them long before they met/knew/named it. Maybe it wasn't meant to have that element but the emphasis on uniqueness and pained inevitability makes it feel like something beyond just a deep romantic relationship.
I feel like along with the long-lasting relationship, there's a moment of sexual realization. There's hints of a confused person thinking back on the girl/boy and the moment that led him/her at age nineteen (an age many people are finishing their first year of college) to explore/discover/accept this queer sexuality that they "felt in their legs and heart" "calling" for them long before they met/knew/named it. Maybe it wasn't meant to have that element but the emphasis on uniqueness and pained inevitability makes it feel like something beyond just a deep romantic relationship.