Not every good story has to start with a bad decision, but most of the interesting ones do. There's no need to rush anything. She's not going anywhere.

He can watch her blushing all he likes, but after the initial wave of embarrassment from the scrutiny subsides, she'll be giving him one of her infamous eyebrow looks. This one is 'that look for when you're waiting for the joke to be funny'.

"Human and flawed, yeah." Being asked about her worst makes her smile fade. She looks down, sips her whiskey, and thinks about how to phrase it before deciding there's no sugar-coating what she did. Her eyes are sad when they lift to meet his again, sad and resigned to whatever judgement he passes. "I walked away from a friend when he needed me, and he died."