Ash & Anastasia
Indeed, being denied by one's obsession was one of the worst and dishearting things that could happen to a Toreador. Still, Anastasia didn't believe that all was completely lost.
"I know that Kjell can seem like he's already carved out of stone at times. Emotions don't come as easily for him as they do us, or even others. But he does have them there underneath all of it." She had seen them now and then during their interactions over the years. Stoic he may be, there was the heart of man—not a monster—underneath of it all. Hell, she suspected that he had more humanity to give than she did even though she was the younger Kindred.
Reaching over, Anastasia placed her hand on Ash's knee. "Give him time, darling. He may yet come around."