"It's not your business yet," she whispers, wishing she could just feel his arms around her, wishing he'd just make it all go away.

"You want the god's honest truth? I'm afraid if I say no, that'll be the end of us. That if I say yes, it won't be because you love me, because I feel you want us to make a family together, it'll be because I'm afraid I'll lose you. I'm afraid if I do say yes, you'll still never find a way to love me the way I love you. That there's no way you'll ever feel about me the way I feel about you."

"And I feel like that's because I'm cursed. That no one I love will ever be mine, because of the sins I can't take back."

She's leaning on the counter, tears streaming down her face as she speaks, steady and low, baring her heart to him.