Grantaire nodded. "Yes. I ... for months I just ... avoided thinking about it. But I felt it so strongly a while ago. Like you said, the urge to stop it, to control the pain. If I ended it, it would be on my terms, I wouldn't be waiting for the other shoe to drop..."
He shook his head. "I had to fight against that urge. As hard as I could." He slid his thumb along his wedding ring, then slipped it off. "I had to face it. I had to stop that little voice in my head and - this isn't what I'd advise you to do, mind you, you are quite young. But I proposed. And he said yes, and ... he gave me this ring." He held it out so Link could see the inscription.