If? Would?

[ Teasing, voice just as muffled, mumble-soft against skin. He turning his face just a little, the high point of his cheek leaned against warm skin. ]

I'm coming, so you can put that worry away. And no, you wouldn't abandon me. But that was never... really a worry, just a practicality.

But just so we're clear, I'm not going for you. I'm going... for people I could do something to help. It's like... reaching back into the past, to help myself. But better, because I'm paying it forward into... not just one future, but hundreds. Who knows how many. I have that power, so I should... no, that's not right...

I've got to.

You're just a gorgeous, amazing, brilliant fucking perk. You're what I want, and what I'll fight to have at the same time.