Two men loving one another in the Imperium? No, of course it couldn't last.. Not in the open.

[ Which was fine- always in secret and never something that actually meant anything. Dorian has been dirtier secrets than that. ]

He had everything, and was going to take the Imperium by storm. I had to fall for the Magister. You know I've never been able to do anything in half-measures.

[ He falls into silence, brushing Leilani's hair out of her face. ]

No, I had to give my heart to a married man.