Ouroboros Spine Twinkle twinkle, little star

There were so many reasons this was wrong. Their spouses, their kids, the pack, his own cursed bloodline... It was hard to hold all of it in his mind when she looked at him like that, however. It seemed like any time he looked at her, he forgot a little more of his troubles and a little more of his doubts.

But he was a troubled man. Their kids. Their spouses — though their spouses were both gone...

What could you be doing wrong?

He'd known the answer just a moment before. Now he could only hold on to the idea of wrongness. He was a troubled man. Whatever he was doing, it must be wrong. Wasn't that just the way of things?

Her eyes were so earnest, and so very blue.

Valiant closed his eyes. He told himself it was so that he wouldn't get lost in hers. Surely it was not so that he could call it an accident when he leaned forward and touched his nose to hers.