“There was no other way.” (from ana)

_{he wanted to say that he was surprised by this; that she would
actually do something that would cause everything to fall down
around him. that she would actually do this, but he wasn’t. what
they had… it wasn’t anything that he wanted to admit and while it
was fun? everything had to end sometime. for them, it was now,
and he wasn’t willing to get himself crushed again. not after this,
not after he knew that this would be his last time on earth for a while.}

_{“ you sure about that?” the question was asked through his anger
as he leaned back in the chair, “— the moment i get out of this…
i do hope you’re not around. ‘cause, if you are? you’ll be in
chains… forever.”}