It doesn't feel like it's that simple to Nate, but then he and Chloe have never been simple. Neither of them were built for this kind of thing, too much has happened in both of their pasts for them to open up this easily. He knows they're trying, that where they are now is leaps and bounds from where they were a few years ago, but it still feels like a lot to come to terms with.
He can count the amount of people he's let this close to him on one hand, and while it's terrifying, he doesn't want to walk away this time. But he's only ever been in this situation once before, and he feels like it had been a whole lot different then. For all that Elena is a hell of a shot and can hold her own like anyone Nate's ever met, she was never built for the kind of life he and Chloe have gotten so used to leading. It was just him who had to adapt then, had to learn to try and settle down, and even then he'd screwed it all up.
With Chloe they both have to learn, and Nate already knows he wasn't very good at it the first time around.
"She said it," he tells Beth, and the reminder makes his stomach flip a little. At the time he'd been too concerned to feel much about it at all, but with some time to think, he can admit that it was nice to hear. All things considered, with everything he knows about Chloe, he knows it would have been a big admission for her, even given the situation. But what if she just said it because she thought that was going to be the end of it? "When I was carrying her out of the building. She thought she was going to die."
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He can count the amount of people he's let this close to him on one hand, and while it's terrifying, he doesn't want to walk away this time. But he's only ever been in this situation once before, and he feels like it had been a whole lot different then. For all that Elena is a hell of a shot and can hold her own like anyone Nate's ever met, she was never built for the kind of life he and Chloe have gotten so used to leading. It was just him who had to adapt then, had to learn to try and settle down, and even then he'd screwed it all up.
With Chloe they both have to learn, and Nate already knows he wasn't very good at it the first time around.
"She said it," he tells Beth, and the reminder makes his stomach flip a little. At the time he'd been too concerned to feel much about it at all, but with some time to think, he can admit that it was nice to hear. All things considered, with everything he knows about Chloe, he knows it would have been a big admission for her, even given the situation. But what if she just said it because she thought that was going to be the end of it? "When I was carrying her out of the building. She thought she was going to die."