Memories of the life he had with her had bled into those of last night. A familiar setting with her to bring him back to those moments shared when they were together. It was like they never left one another, time never passing with how easily they moved together. It all coming back to him and made him ache in his chest for how badly he missed her. Even if she was here now, the ring upon his finger, it wasn't the same. She wasn't truly his. This was a drunken night whee the two lost common sense within the bottle and that was it. Reasonable heads were now on their shoulders this morning, aching from the alcohol but none of the fog. No matter how right it felt having her back in his arms and by his side. It wasn't what they should be doing, not really. It was why he had moved away, not wanting to give into more temptation or have her see how badly he had missed her. It didn't even cross his mind that her own memory had been effected because to him? Why would she choose to remember all of that? He had broken her heart when he left, when he made the decision for her that this was not going to work anymore. He knew for him, however, she never left his mind. She was always there in some form, wondering how she was doing and missing how she felt against him. It didn't matter who was in his bed beside him, he always had wanted it to be her. She had gotten under his skin and made a home there, a home that was now empty and aching for her every day. And even know it only felt temporary rather than a permanent move in, as much as he wanted it to be.
And so he thought of ways to get her out of this, even if it was something he didn't want. He wasn't about to admit that, not when this was something he thought would be better for her. "We'd have to see." He'd need to find the paperwork, where ever it was. But that was only if he hadn't used his real name, he wasn't even sure if he did or didn't. And then if he did? Well, everything was official. This was the one detail he just couldn't remember. Maybe it was because that hope that this was real was building inside his chest, even if he didn't say it. Because maybe there was an off chance she wanted this too, that this could be something they had together. But he had a feeling that wouldn't be the case, that it was more of a wishful feeling than anything else. It couldn't be reality. Because in the end he knew this couldn't last no matter what beause of her job. The snort from her telling him what he already knew, she was aware of that herself. But he hadn't seen what was coming next, the words leaving her lips making his jaw tense as he looks down and take in a deep breath. In a way he should have, he left her. How would that not have hurt her then? Still, it hurt to hear and hurt to know he caused it when he was doing it for her own good. "...I'm sorry...I-" He stops himself, how could he explain why he did what he did? No matter what it was going to hurt the both of them. Then again, weren't they already hurrting?
No, no, she didn't mean it. Did she? None of this, she had to be over it. The pain just something she brought up because yes it had hurt when he did that. That was all it had to be. And yet he couldn't take is eyes off of her, as if trying to see for himself that his own thoughts were right. That this was just an admittance from the pain he had left her with when he left and now it was just anger. And as she watches him, he sees something behind her eyes before the words leave her lips. Something she admitted that in the end showed his hopes, his wants, all that had been hanging on by a thread were there for a reason. "You....still love me?" He asks, brows furrowing as he looks her over himself. He looks away, a few steps taken from the bed as if pacing to keep himself put together as best as he could. His hand lifts to run over his head before it starts to shake. "You can't.....I...for your safety you can't." He half mumbles to himself as head still shakes, he continues to pace in the hotel room. "I did that so you wouldn't love me." He admits out loud. "Because I needed you safe, I needed you alive and being with me wasn't going to do that." More admittance, all of it showing he didn't leave her because he stopped loving her but he did it because he had to. She needed to be safe and if anything happened to her then he'd blame himself. Her job had been an easy out, an excuse, but in the end that wasn't the truth of it all. Now, however, she finally knew that.