It was one thing for him to have fallen for her. Quite another to see her falling for him. She deserved better than that. She deserved a man who could give her what she wanted. Not someone who was there under false pretences… How was he supposed to look her in the eye when he knew the truth?No as far as he was concerned the best thing he could do was let her go. If he let her go now, then she wouldn’t get hurt. He could simply go home, tell them it hadn’t worked out and let Natasha move on with her life. If he continued with things the way they were then she was only going to end up getting dragged down.Dragged down by him and he couldn’t see that happen. Sam knew he couldn’t deal with the guilt if something happened to her because of him. If they knew for a second that he had developed feelings for her, the consequences would be dire. He didn’t care what they did to him. All that mattered was Natasha.When she grabbed his arm and spun him around to face her, he had wanted to confess everything then and there.
