Iris arrived at the infirmary with her letters in hand and found Roman Kitt awake and recovering. She confronted him by showing the letters and saying "You," to which Roman quietly confirmed "Me." Iris demanded to know how long he had known she was the writer; Roman admitted he knew from her first letter, explaining he initially suspected a prank because of their Gazette rivalry before realizing the sincerity of her words.

Hurt, Iris accused Roman of deceiving and humiliating her, and of refusing to return her old letters to Forest. Roman denied intending to mock or lie, insisting that everything he wrote was true and that he kept the letters because they meant everything to him, especially given his grief over his sister Del. Overwhelmed, Iris tried to leave, claiming she needed to go and thrusting the remaining letters to Roman.

As Iris reached the door, Roman tore out his intravenous line and hobbled after her, begging her not to run and to grant one request. He asked her to repeat the question of his middle name, then revealed, "The C is for Carver. My name is Roman Carver Kitt," confirming he was Carver all along. He pulled Iris into a fervent kiss, and she reciprocated until a nurse interrupted, ordering Roman back to bed.

Flushed and unsettled, Iris promised it would not happen again and left Roman with her letters scattered across his bed, even as his gaze followed her. Later, in a candid, diary-like reflection, Iris castigated herself for missing the clues and questioned whether Roman had played her, tallying their rivalry like a score but admitting mixed feelings.

Iris chose to avoid visiting Roman and instead volunteered for grave digging, channeling grief and anger into the exhausting work while helping record the names of the fallen. She reread Roman’s letters and concluded he had not been playing her, at least not anymore, acknowledging the ways he had protected and saved her at the front and how her feelings were divided between “Carver” and “Roman.”

She confessed growing love for him both in person and through words but feared being hurt and losing someone again. Recognizing that her pride was wounded, Iris admitted he had proven himself repeatedly and felt an inner pull to lower her defenses and choose him, even as she remained afraid and undecided.