His eyes turned dark as he looked up at her. "You think I won't protect you? Fuck, Mari. First, I didn't have a choice. They were going to kill me if I didn't help them. Second, I can do this. I'm doing this for you."
He stepped forward and reached for her hand. "You matter to me. They've fucking won. We might as well be on the right side."
![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small}
caddishly) wrote in ![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small}
strugglewithin,