"tell me about love.." you whisper to Chris, who wraps his hands around your face trying to wipe your leaking mascara with his thumb. Chris is silent on your words, biting his lips. Seeing your eyes fill with tears again, he still answered. "I don't want to... To condemn you to torment, and therefore I am silent" "And therefore you are silent.." you repeated You and Chris have been in love with each other for a long time, just because of the work, the risk of Chris' death on missions, you both had to forget about your feelings for each other. You forgot yourself in other men, trying to find Chris's traits in them, tried to fall in love with them, love them, but it didn't work. And Chris, in turn, tried to forget himself in his work.