Big Salmon Lake fist full of restrictions

*dabs Rivet's tears with a tissue*

Rivet said nothing. She started to cry, the sight of which stabbed Turquoise right through the heart. Her head fell. She felt like crying herself. Yet Turq wouldn't give in to tears. Instead, she wracked her mind for something to do, something to say, to make this right. She felt like she'd put her foot in her mouth, just blurting it out like that. She'd been honest, though; didn't that count for something? She winced, unsure.

"Rivet..." she said softly after a moment. "Please don't cry. I love you. I wouldn't feel so horrible if I didn't love you so much." Her lower lip quivered. "I just suck at self-control. I suck and I don't deserve you. Maybe we should break up." For once, it wasn't something she said angrily or impulsively. It was something she'd thought about a lot in her days away. Maybe it would be kindest to cut Rivet loose, to save her from the pain of being paired with a lover who couldn't control her temper or her libido.