"I’m apologizing."  He said simply.  "Hermione.  I was so fucking stupid that night.  You are... everything  to me.  Do you want to know why I ran?  I was fucking scared.   So  scared.  Hermione, you are such a force in this world.  Everything you touch is golden and good and I’m still here living with my family’s dark legacy.  I am branded for life as a Death Eater.  No matter how many years I spend atoning for my sins or at the very least working to not see myself that way, our history will always name me as the villain.  How could I possibly explain that to our children?  How?  Tell me, Hermione, because if you see a way past that I promise you I will spend the entirety of our lives making it up to you."