[He was mostly teasing, but there is something romantic about choosing to be with someone despite whatever forces try to pull you apart. There was a time when he'd chosen Simon, against the gravitational tug of history, tradition, expectations. Only, he had ruined it by letting his mother get inside his head. He wonders if now he would be strong enough, brave enough, to stand by his choice in a way that he thought he couldn't back then.]

They're from a play. They fall in love, but their families have been beefing with each other since a long time ago, so they have to see each other in secret. At the end, they both kill themselves.

[He cringes, sucking in sharply. The flower has run out of petals.]

I guess that part's not really romantic, but you and Viktor have way more sense than that.