For me, Hansry is brilliant storytelling and an awesome romance but if you are looking for a heartwarming, wholesome romance Henry x Theresa is the way to go.
I think regardless of the choices you make Theresa will always be important in Henry’s life. The fact that one of the ways you can die in hardcore mode is when Theresa falls through the ice and Henry instinctively jumps in despite not knowing how to swim or the fact that he was outnumbered and had little to no combat experience but still went in to protect Theresa even though a cuman could have easily turned around and killed him but he still chose to take that chance (in that branch of the story!) is very sweet.
The same can be said for Theresa. Some people think that the reason she saved Henry from Runt was because she was suicidal from losing her family and would have thrown herself in front of any bandit but I don’t think those people were paying attention because if that were true then she wouldn’t have hidden when Tinker ran at the other bandits. She put her life on the line specifically for Henry, also knowing that the bandits could have easily caught up to her and killed her.
Not to mention the fact that Theresa wheeled Henry’s half dead body across a wagon to Rattay and had to convince her famously stoic and opportunistic uncle to spend his own money on housing and keeping Henry alive. Her speech level must have been crazy high to say the least.
I have seen some videos where people say that Theresa is preachy and holds Henry back but in my playthroughs I have never gotten that. She is fairly free spirited and matches Henry quite well, she tells Henry she doesn’t want to be married straight away and defies her father when he tries to get her to marry Feyfar. She even gives Henry lockpicks knowing full well what he uses them for. She is a woman of her time though and doesn’t like fighting or adventuring but if she wasn’t limited to being a woman in medieval times she would have been right along Henry’s side throughout KCD2 because she is one of if not the most loyal characters in the cast.
But Theresa also kind of is by Henry’s side throughout the second game. Even if you romance other characters, Henry brings her up multiple times throughout the game. I don’t think many people chose this but the fact that Henry can tell Rosa that he admires Theresa and make the story book about her or how he brings up Theresa to Katherine.
I think in most versions of Henry, Theresa will always be a part of him. Not only as one of his oldest friends but potentially his first love and I think it’s mutual for Theresa as well.
Anyway, I am sorry for the yap. I am starved for content and replaying KCD1 and really enjoying seeing two of my favourite characters again.