No, you can't. [ In so many ways. Emily, Maeve... this. You can't hold on to it forever. You have to let go and make room for new things and maybe he's not in a place yet where he feel like he can get involved romantically but he does want new things. That's what Leia was, a harmless new thing until it wasn't so harmless. ]
...I'm so happy that we're talking again. I missed this.