Tom. 100 words. Episode 2x01. Not my characters.

Love, it turns out, is not enough.

Tom loves Ellie. He loves Maisie as if she is his own daughter. He wants them to be together, to be a family.

The problem is: he loves his country, too.

Ellie doesn't understand why he missed their meeting. She doesn't know what is at stake.

And he thinks, her life was at stake earlier. Hers and Maisie's.

He tells Danny it's reckless optimism, but it's more like desperate hope. He can't lose her. He won't lose her.

Except he does.

Later, when he's packing up her things, he feels his heart break.