When Chris opened his eyes, Cole smiled warmly. All he needed was to push at the right points and Chris would open up for him. Seeing him struggle with this was intoxicating and he wanted to do more to make Chris fully his. "It's okay, Chris. I know you're confused by all of this, but you know that I'm here for you. I'm here to help you and all you need to do is open yourself up for me so that I can."

There was a moment when he didn't say anything, processing everything Chris was telling him. This was going to be a difficult one, but Cole didn't care. In the end, Chris was going to be his and there was nothing the whitelighter could do to stop that. "That's not right. You know that's not right," he said softly. "You're remembering that wrong. She's not on your side. She stayed behind to make you do this by yourself. I'm the only one that's by your side, Chris, and always have been. You know that there's only one person who means the world to you and it isn't her. You've always known that, but you lied to yourself because you were afraid to actually act on it."