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Proof

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He had of course, wanted to deny it. This feeling inside his gut, this attachment. It couldn't be a reality, he couldn't accept it. He wished he could believe that it was true, wished he could tell that feeling inside of him that it was allowed, that this was ok. However, something like this could not be accepted, could not be allowed to run rampant through his being. There was too much at risk.

It would endanger both of them if he acknowledged this feeling. It would set their mission at stake and give an open target to any enemy that tried. He couldn't be weaker than he already was. So he denied it. He wouldn't accept this infatuation had harbored itself deep in the pit of his soul, nothing could make him truly come to terms with it and finally believe it was true.

Or so he thought.

Bradley had taken him from her. He had taken her and set her right beneath him. There was no room to breath, no room to move. The very fact that Bradley saw it was proof enough that it really did exist.