Even if you had known, you weren't ready.

[ Heart hammering in his throat, the words still rumble free, his chin lifting slightly as he locks eyes with Taylor. Just the briefest of pauses, still riding on that high, thin line, but not so fargone yet that he cannot see what brought them here.

Again, that thumb strokes that line that Felix had left behind. Never again. ]

It was worth waiting. It would have been worth it even if you had decided not to.