I would not claim that my lady is simple, or that I understand her fully. But above all things, she wishes to be fair. That is one of her most dearly held virtues.

[Forward but nice. That brings a fond smile to his face. That's what he'd liked about her, right from the beginning. He'd always had a weakness for women like that.

He sighs.] She knows where I stand. She knows that I love her. That I do not love her any less. And yet I have still betrayed her in my heart by having these other feelings. [His lips twist.] Though she has been very good to me, to say that I have broken no promise in truth as I have not done anything. What more is there to say?

[But it somehow feels inevitable, for all that he will fight it. Because he wants, and knows he should not want, but wants all the same. He's always been crap at denying himself things. But for her, he will try. Maybe it will be different this time.

But feeling their hands together, he doesn't have all that much confidence in the thought.] She does love me, though it seems I no longer deserve such loyalty. [A soft snort.] Tony Stark was so fond of saying that I destroy everything I touch.