Jean forced herself to let him go, standing there with her eyes still firmly at the floor.
She felt like the awkward girl who couldn't choose between Scott and Warren all over again, only this time she couldn't bring herself to trap a good man.
"It's all so new. And I just... I never want you to feel like you have to stay with me because of anything, but now..."
She was so very broken. It had taken her generations to really put the pieces back together before coming here. It wasn't fair to foist that on Steve.