...Well that's kinda fucked, isn't it? Like I'm surprised everyone here is taking it as "welp he messed up guess that's the end of it", when it feels like he still hasn't fully grasped why he said what he said and accepted it yet. Like, he's almost there, and now he's in this "honor trap" thing...and that's it? Doesn't feel like that should be the end of that romance thread for any other writing, like he still needs to confess again even if he would be rejected again, "fuck honor" for just this little bit. For him to give up right at this moment seems like a 180 betrayal of the character's progression that got him thrown in jail in the first place. I feel like not having such a moment would be them rushing through the conclusion of his arc.