“W-What?”
“You heard me. ”
“Elijah—”
“Now. I’m not gonna say it again.”
“But I—”
He stands up and I gasp when all of a sudden he’s right in front of me, moving so quickly it’s almost frightening. He sighs and shoves his hands in his pockets. “I’m going to give you one last chance to back away, sweetheart. But if I do, know that you forfeit your chance of pushing me to my limits again. I don’t have the excuse of being just human, but I tried my best under the circumstances given to me and I am tethering over the edge, trying to balance my more instinctive feelings for you and what I sincerely believe you need at the moment. However, you expressed yourself very clearly before and you were rather convincing so for once I am quite tempted to take the plunge, to hell with the consequences.
