Heart heavy, Rogue shut her eyes and gritted, "The other hurt counts just as much."

But just as Rogue shouldered on that weight, more responsibility for hurting someone, for destroying something that was whole, his later words also struck home. Because I wanted you so badly, you became more important than my desire for safety. That hit her heart with the kind of pain that heals.

Rogue turned back to Loki, stepped towards him again. "You make me happy. Don't you see that?"