He laughs outright at the jelly glob falling to the floor. "Don't you dare get that." Frank is already letting her run wild with those injuries, and again he's about to get up when her words hit him over the head like an anvil. He does love her which is exactly why this is so dangerous. But he knows they're too entangled to simply leave - that won't protect her as well as he can.

"They aren't mutually exclusive," he finally pipes up after a long silence, but he's hunched over his seat and staring into the flowers rather than over at Clara's face. "I'm not going anywhere." Shouldn't that be enough?? And if it isn't, what's their alternative?