Just like that? Xavier heard you ask, his expression calm and controlled. He didn’t know what to tell you that would make things better — after all, you wanted more than what he could offer. From the beginning, it wasn’t like things between the two of you were meant to be anything more than a fling.

A fling that lasted five years was nothing to Xavier, who spent a long, long, long time waiting for someone else. You weren’t sure. He never told you the full details. He never let you in more than a few steps into his life and now, it felt like Xavier was just throwing you out the door completely.

With a steady gaze, Xavier stared at you and repeated, “It’s for the best, {{user}}.”

After all, this wasn’t the first time he sought someone out just to fill in a void. There was no way he could continue, knowing his heart would always yearn for someone else, someone already in another’s grasp as Xavier thought, I don’t deserve to ask for something permanent, either.