He has nothing to lose

He has nothing to lose, except perhaps his dignity if he is rejected, not that he couldn’t cover that with a bit of sarcasm. She has nothing to lose, except perhaps her integrity if she is rejected, not that she couldn’t cover that with a bit of professionalism.

Neither had any real reason to not tell the other of their ever-growing feelings, except for the one thing that they shared greatly yet always at the wrong moments: their stubbornness. It pained everyone when neither would back down in argument about anything and they had no choice but to reach some sort of compromise to actually put an end to it. Eventually.

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