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Dear Thom,
I am quite sorry for not giving more notice of my departure; however I felt as if doing so would only make it more difficult for me to leave, in the long run. Not because of anything Cherry might have had to say on the subject, but rather because...
Well, to be perfectly frank, I don't quite believe myself possessed of the willpower to have denied you had I told you and had you asked me to stay. It's a rather difficult thing, you must understand, for me to know that were you to ask something of me, I would do my best to grant it to you. It is the sort of thing that I have only encountered once or twice before, and always, always the causes were girls I found myself growing quite fond of. So you must then understand my consternation upon realizing that yes, it was indeed the same in your case. It has taken me- despite all that has transpired here, between you and I- this long to fully come to grips with the idea, I am afraid. While I am not one who has ever been as bothered as some I could name by the idea of two men together, I am afraid I would be remiss in pretending I have always been perfectly alright with the idea. However, the fact still remains, Thom-
I find myself quite thoroughly enamored of you and have, barring these curses or the odd collar-loosening, absolutely no idea how to deal with it.
Thus, I've written this in the hopes that by doing so, I can at the very least have a bit more time to brace myself for your response, whatever it may be. While I do, of course, hope you will at least consider responding favorably, I would quite understand if you would prefer that I maintain this distance that I, in a rather thinly-veiled attempt at giving you both enough time and room to think- have put between us. Please, do take as much time as you feel you might need to consider this as thoroughly as you must. I can- and will, with great anticipation- wait for you to come to a decision.
And as 'love' seems a rather overbearing way to end this letter-
With my most sincere affections,
Balfour
(ooc: and because I am a nerd: here, have an image reference, sob.)
