and there's no turning back

Dantalion

how the fuck am I supposed to know

Biting his tongue not to interrupt and scowling off into the snow as Maea speaks, the Maverick ends up sighing out a long breath that clouds the air in front of him. There are similarities between their situations, certainly, if you squint your eyes and look at it from a funny angle, but there are also far too many differences, too, and he has to stop himself from picking at wounds so recently scabbed over.

"That's where you didn't understand," he says eventually. "You thought us deciding not to fight every battle at every opportunity meant I'd let this place get trampled underfoot. That's right, isn't it?" He tilts his head at her. "Just because I live today doesn't mean I won't fight tomorrow. Especially for this place. What used to be your prison is my first taste of freedom."

if we're in love or if we're in pain?

Code blatently stolen from queen of codes, Sky!