Her tone makes something ache inside him and he's just... he can't let this whole mess come between them. He doesn't know what he'll do without her at his back. He hadn't been lying when he'd told Adele and Barnes that he couldn't lose her. It would probably kill him. He didn't think he could go back to being alone.

"Well, you knew that too." He closes his eyes at the touch but doesn't pull away. He doesn't think he could bear to see that hurt there. He turns around slowly when she asks, because he owes her that much and so much more than he can ever repay. "Hey."