"I can't be that. Maybe in a different world, I could be a lovable rogue of some sorts, but I don't know. I just don't like the system. I don't believe in it. I used to want to bring it down." He smiled as he remembered being young and so much more reckless. "You've probably kept me from that, not that you knew it. i was always scared of losing you."

He still was. "I'm not often scared. Most of my fears these days are in some way related to you."

He stopped at a red light, fingers drumming against the wheel. "I want it to be us against the world, because I could never bring myself to care that much about anyone other than you. But if you are so hellbent on being good and kind and helping people, I suppose that means I have to care as well."