"I'm aware." He mutters, fingers drumming on the mug. "That is high among the reasons I'm hesitant to enter another relationship while I still have feelings for Roxanne."

He picks his head up, looking at Niklas with a shrug. "I just... I don't have any frame of reference for this. Roxanne was my only romantic relationship, and the first time I ever saw any merit in putting someone else's needs before my own."