[That's... way worse than anything she could have imagined him saying. And if this conversation was taking place outside the constructs of a Forced Honestly Meme, she would apologize ten times over. But there's something biggest on her mind, trying to get out.]

... I thought I had. I really thought I had. But we ruined each other, and now I'll never have love or a family or any of that. That's why I got so defensive. It was like the universe was laughing at me. An hour of feeling a little less alone, just to be reminded that that's all I'll ever be.