Jade Fern Grove the ache and pull of despair

The weight of their conversation suddenly made him feel very heavy. His chest seared at the very real knowledge that this might be it for both of them – and he was not relieved like he had originally thought, when he had been stewing in his anger for weeks.
 
Sitting down, he watched her, hesitant about her calm. He had not seen her so in awhile now – not since even before their evacuation from Nova Peak. “Where do you see yourself when that happens?” It was a genuine question – did she see herself with him? Because if he thought about it – it felt like the day she had stopped loving him had been the day at the lake, when he had uttered his last ‘I love you’ to her.. and she had turned from him without responding. And he had been less than devoted.. both of them were to blame for the entirety of this -- but what did that mean for them now?