_{he should have kept his interest to a bare minimum. an interest that was slowly growing the more time he spent around her. part of him didn’t want to go down that path — getting to know her, but at the same time… it was unavoidable. it was going to happen either way… with or with out his personal intervention, but still… there was some hope it wouldn’t go that far. there had to be. “the same could be said about you.” a simple statement, but one he most likely assumed would enact some sort of harsh response, “just a little girl playing at an adults game.”}

_{// @condemnedtragedy xxx}