Rose... [Her tone carries the weight of things she isn't sure how to say. For a moment, she seems to search desperately for where to begin before her mouth closes and she lets out a hard exhale through her nose.]
I know that when we've talked about him in the past, my opinions of Dean weren't exactly kind. And yes, my concern for you being involved with him did play a part in the intensity of those feelings. But it's clear to me now that this is something you both want to work at. He's made the decision to stay and join the knights. That fact alone tells me a great deal.
[She never had to do this with Ashley. Her daughter's life ended before she ever had a serious romantic entanglement. This is painfully new to her to have someone she feels like she needs to protect from the potential of heartbreak. And perhaps she continues to judge Dean too harshly. Perhaps she sees only the things that make him similar to the man who once held her at knife point to tell her how innocent he was of the crimes she accused him of, the same man who claimed that he would love her for all eternity. She sees a darkness in Dean, that thrill for the hunt. And it scares her. But there's clearly more to him than that. And in time, she hopes to see the parts that Rose so obviously cares for.]
Do I believe he's dangerous? Yes. But I trust you to know better than to let that line be crossed without doing something about it. And I hope that if that ever happens, you will still come find me, no matter my role in his life.
[Helen was too afraid to do more than try to push her fears under the rug, pretend they didn't exist. It was a different time then. She was a different person. But she knows that love can blind you until its too late.]
That being said, I do not think he is a lost cause by any means. But it will take time. And I don't want to lose you in the process of trying to help him.
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I know that when we've talked about him in the past, my opinions of Dean weren't exactly kind. And yes, my concern for you being involved with him did play a part in the intensity of those feelings. But it's clear to me now that this is something you both want to work at. He's made the decision to stay and join the knights. That fact alone tells me a great deal.
[She never had to do this with Ashley. Her daughter's life ended before she ever had a serious romantic entanglement. This is painfully new to her to have someone she feels like she needs to protect from the potential of heartbreak. And perhaps she continues to judge Dean too harshly. Perhaps she sees only the things that make him similar to the man who once held her at knife point to tell her how innocent he was of the crimes she accused him of, the same man who claimed that he would love her for all eternity. She sees a darkness in Dean, that thrill for the hunt. And it scares her. But there's clearly more to him than that. And in time, she hopes to see the parts that Rose so obviously cares for.]
Do I believe he's dangerous? Yes. But I trust you to know better than to let that line be crossed without doing something about it. And I hope that if that ever happens, you will still come find me, no matter my role in his life.
[Helen was too afraid to do more than try to push her fears under the rug, pretend they didn't exist. It was a different time then. She was a different person. But she knows that love can blind you until its too late.]
That being said, I do not think he is a lost cause by any means. But it will take time. And I don't want to lose you in the process of trying to help him.