[Kaliko]

Nic didn't notice it himself, but his eyes started to well up and a tear or two rolled down his face onto Laurel's hands. "... I'm never going to let you go," he whispered with awe in his voice. There was pain in his eyes, but a good kind of pain that motivates you to become stronger. "I'll get better," he continued as more tears started falling. "I don't want to hurt you anymore. I want to be a better man for you. I'll do anything for you. Just say it."