High fit

Storage is about what you hold onto. Jonathan Goldstein held onto that summer — especially the one kiss — in a way that shaped how he saw himself going forward. The kiss became disproportionately large in his internal storage, turning every woman he passed on the boardwalk into a reminder of what he hadn't gotten. But by the time he went home, he had curated a different memory to carry: not the loneliness, but the freedom. The pants were how he externalized that storage decision.