Northstar Vale shortcomings

“You.”

It was terrible, he thought.

She could have him and he would ruin her. His burdens would smother the light out of her, she would find herself a husk after he consumed every part of her. He would be a forest fire that would leave nothing in its wake.

You don't—

It wasn't anger that sizzled in his gut, but it was something just as raw and potent. Something that threatened to explode into shrapnel if it was touched again.

She could have him and he would ruin them both.