Stone Circle No one can save you because you don't want to be saved

He just....couldn't. The name stuck in his throat. Fat tears fell from his eyes, his breath deep and heavy utterly broken. He stared at the woman before him, grim and cold. "Maybe you're just stronger than I am Val." He took a step back, the righteous anger he had felt moments before draining out of him just as quickly as it had arrived. "I can't, not yet. I will not speak of her." He knew it wasn't healthy. Of course he did. He wasn't a young man anymore. But it would break him. To attempt to move on. He couldn't do it. Wouldn't do it. Not yet. His children weren't old enough to ask questions. One day he knew, logically they would. And maybe then he would be ready. Maybe then. He mused.

"What else did you need Val?" He couldn't imagine this was the reason she had sought him out. Quite frankly, he wished to return to his brooding.