"I ... I care about you to, I will always care about you," Cutter said softly, trying not to think about his conversation with Connor that had pretty much resulted in him ending things and trying to push Connor away thinking that that what was best. He had been slowly coming around to working through his feelings about his past relationships but it was still a lot of work.

"I...I'm sorry that things ended the way they did," he said finally, "I ... never wanted to hurt you either,"