Falling for a John
"You need to understand that I'm going to get hurt at times, and you can't rush in to save me, wolf scout. You have to let it happen."
Ashton shoots a glare at the ceiling, then at his reflection in the mirror. It finally sinks in for him as well—that I can protect him, but he can't protect me in the exact same way.
"We can't all be heroes," I state matter-of-factly.
His glare shifts to me, but his lips gradually curve into a smile. Our arms remain tightly wrapped around each other. "If I'm not the hero, what am I?" Ashton waits for me to label him as a villain. In his comic books, that's the dichotomy—heroes versus villains.
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