That, he thinks, would've been a fair enough question for her to ask a couple weeks ago but today it stings. After what they shared, it stings. Right or wrong, it does. His brows furrow and his voice is low and determined.

"No, Kate. I'm not gonna take your tape away."

There's reasons he never let himself fall in love before, damn it all, and most of the time he wishes it wasn't happenin' right now. But then she looks at him with her eyes all heavy-lidded and he gets lost all over again.