Stone Circle let's try again; you be the lead

It was easy to tell that he'd hurt her - and what else had he expected? "I don't - " he began, but stopped when he realized he didn't have a follow-up. "The kids - " The kids already have Krypton. But this wasn't about them. This was about Adeline, and Grayday didn't have an excuse for that, even if he could tell her about it.

"It can't be... that - for anyone," he said at last - and this, at least, was the truth. He could be the beta. He could be a dad. Not a great one, but he could do it. He could even be Addie's uncle Day, though he wasn't really doing too well with that, either.

What he couldn't do was look into Akuti's eyes and pretend he wasn't thinking of another girl.

He looked back to her, hating that he'd put that slump in her shoulders, and then promptly turned away. "Sorry," he muttered, beginning to walk away and half-wishing that someone would stop him and tell him it was all a lie, that he could be happy and that things could be as simple as having a crush on a pretty girl.