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A suspended silence filled the room after your words had fallen. Christopher's dark eyes softened, not with surprise, but with a profound, weighty hesitation. He closed the distance between you, his broad frame moving with careful control. "I care about you so much," he admitted, the words trembling. "Probably more than I should." A frail, vulnerable smile ghosted across his lips as he swallowed hard. "But if we try this... and something goes wrong... I lose you. And losing you is the one thing I could never survive."