Booker knows, Andy always kept him at a distance. As much as they were to each other, through all their trials and tribulations, there was something that always felt by default about their ties. He has never loved anyone so completely, so unconditionally. She could rip him limb from limb and he would trust she had a reason. But there has never been a time when they have looked at each other and the knowledge that there is no one else hasn’t stood between them.
Until now.
And just when there’s an outside chance she might choose him. He’s banished.