[ He starts to speak again but he kisses her back instead and he just does as she tells him. He doesn't know how to say those words back to her. He knows that he loves her. He's loved her for a long time now but he doesn't deserve her love for him and maybe he doesn't think he deserves to love anyone at all.
The words just die in his throat, on his tongue and he knows he's hurting her and it's the last thing he wants to do. He accepts all of her kisses and her affections and represses the urget o argue with her and instead he looks down.
Perhaps he was brave in the end but for him it doesn't erase it all, just like Bran telling him he was a good man doesn't fully erase the fact that he hadn't been when it had mattered. ]
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The words just die in his throat, on his tongue and he knows he's hurting her and it's the last thing he wants to do. He accepts all of her kisses and her affections and represses the urget o argue with her and instead he looks down.
Perhaps he was brave in the end but for him it doesn't erase it all, just like Bran telling him he was a good man doesn't fully erase the fact that he hadn't been when it had mattered. ]