It might help to talk about the previous cycles. For instance, with MC's wife dying, that could have made a rescue / Cinderella fantasy more possible. The fact that current t has a child on the spectrum makes you seem like partners already. Stuff like that. Real stuff. I dont understand jargon like "meet me where i am" - the parking lot? A bridge?

I understand its very hard to talk about this stuff, but its the fantasies that keep us stuck.