The Space Between
Tony, Beneath The Bleeding, novel-canon, 100 words.
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Sometimes he thinks that this is how things will be for the rest of their lives: more than just friends, but not lovers. There will always be something that comes between them: work, near-death, their own fears and personal demons.
Carol is as damaged as he is and though that makes them more alike than before, it is also another thing keeping them apart.
He has never wanted marriage or children; he is too afraid of scarring them the way he has been scarred. He's afraid of becoming his mother.
But one thing is certain: he wants more than this.