reminiscing on days past

i've seen fire & i've seen rain.
i've seen sunny days that i thought would never end

"And I always will." For better or worse and even after all this time, the loops Delphine had knotted around his heart remained where so many others had eroded or fallen away.

"Well, that makes one of us. I never thought I'd ever have any." He admitted with a mirthless laugh, leaning his head against hers. With everything how it was in Northaven, with his sexual preferences becoming harder and harder to hide, he thought he'd likely be killed before he could bluff his way into becoming a father.