"No." His answer was immediate but his voice was thick. Perhaps if he hated her this would have been easier. Easier to turn her down, certainly, but also easier to face the prospect of marriage to her; he had a model of what that might look like in Trystan and Ambrosia, so at least there were no unknowns.
"It's — the prospect of being with someone you care about and knowing you'll eventually disappoint them," he said. He swirled his wine in his glass and watched the dark liquid move. "Not that it matters now. I imagine I've burned that bridge."
"It's — the prospect of being with someone you care about and knowing you'll eventually disappoint them," he said. He swirled his wine in his glass and watched the dark liquid move. "Not that it matters now. I imagine I've burned that bridge."
Lou made this! <3