He had done it now.

Fuck.

What was he thinking? Somehow, Nem had known that it would all end up like this. He had seen it coming. He had plenty of time to reel it back, distance himself before whatever it was that was between them got to this point. 

Hadn't he been here already before? Wasn't this just cruel? For both Marcus and his own feelings. There was a painful throbbing in his chest, his heartbeat deafening. The more he rolled it over in his mind, the worse it ached.

He knew how it would all end, again.

And yet. The boy sighed, burying his head deeper into the softness of the bed.

And yet.