An old one I wrote.
He did it to save face. They'd never let a man who had taken a kid become Fuhrer. Their relationship was strictly private. No one but his subordinates could know…

He knew what Roy had to do; he knew he couldn't stand in his way; Roy had helped him so much on his own journey.

So why… was it, as he watched his lover flirt with that gorgeous blonde secretary that, if she were a bit younger, reminded him of himself, did he feel so alone? Roy was just doing what had to be done… so why did it ache?