But he could be a fortress if he tried hard enough. If he pushed the problems away and didn't acknowledge them, they might go away on their own. Somehow he knew they wouldn't, and he would never suggest anyone else ignore their problems, but there was still something holding him back from taking his own advice. That something was that he just didn't know how. He didn't know how to start it, he didn't know how to word it, he didn't even know if he was right to be upset. Well, he knew he was right to be upset about that last comment, the one that accused him of only being in the relationship for sex, but he didn't know if he was in the right about Alex. He thought he was, and it felt like the right thing to do, but he also knew that sometimes what was best wasn't the thing that felt like it.
"I'm not the one with the problem with me being grumpy," he said, only mildly successful in keeping it from sounding bitter; but it was true, Rook wasn't even sure he'd call himself grumpy, though he knew that Dax, Rhys, and Abi would and had. He didn't mind it though. They were the ones who complained about his attitude.