[Cutting off with a short, pained sigh. Seeing you like that cuts him straight to the bone, because - no matter what - the last thing he ever wants to do is hurt you any more than he already has.
How the hell was he going to do this? He still had his own fair share of doubt, beyond all of the questions he had for this one.]
I'm sorry. It's just, you and I were together hours ago. You didn't seem to have any idea that I...
[And that had hurt. You were right there, genuinely concerned, genuinely out of sorts, and he couldn't say a thing.
Pleading now.]
I just want to make sure that you're certain about this.
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[Cutting off with a short, pained sigh. Seeing you like that cuts him straight to the bone, because - no matter what - the last thing he ever wants to do is hurt you any more than he already has.
How the hell was he going to do this? He still had his own fair share of doubt, beyond all of the questions he had for this one.]
I'm sorry. It's just, you and I were together hours ago. You didn't seem to have any idea that I...
[And that had hurt. You were right there, genuinely concerned, genuinely out of sorts, and he couldn't say a thing.
Pleading now.]
I just want to make sure that you're certain about this.