No, this doesn't seem like a copout - I think with the differences between them, this kind of situation is inevitable, though I prefer to think that it's not that Brennan doesn't love him, it's that she can't admit it to herself or him (because I'm a bit of a hopeless romantic).
Compromise is a part of any relationship, whether it's about minor or major things, and that's what this story suggests to me.
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Date: 2008-02-15 06:21 pm (UTC)Compromise is a part of any relationship, whether it's about minor or major things, and that's what this story suggests to me.