"It won't," he said confidently, a little annoyed that she wasn't convinced yet. "And I won't be alright with it if it does."

They could get into hypotheticals about being forced to choose between Jo and Zelda if they wanted, but since Zelda had quite pointedly not asked him to choose he saw no reason why they ought to go down that road. Life had enough doom and gloom without them manufacturing any more of it in their own minds.

"Just don't send her any more letters telling her how much you'd like to sleep with me," he teased, raising his eyebrows at her with a suggestive but playful look.