[It's been several long seconds and he's still okay, still himself, and the only voice in his head is still his own. Maybe this trip was a good idea after all. Away from all the noise and bustle of a city it's so much easier to think. There's nothing to distract him from the warmth that settles in his chest at Marco's words.
Their relationship has been something approached with care and caution. It's grown slow because (he thinks) neither of them want to make a misstep and ruin something that has up until this point been so good for the both of them. There are steps that other people might take without thinking that Fiddleford has agonized over because they will make things that much more real.]
Love you too, Marco, so much.
[It's the first time he's said it properly. The garbled, desperate attempt while he was being held captive doesn't count -- or at least he doesn't want it to count. A first real 'I love you' shouldn't be tied to something so horrible, shouldn't have the weight of 'and this might be my only chance to say it' hanging over it. He raises his other hand and clasps Marco's between them. The blanket slips from his shoulders a little and he doesn't bother fixing it.]
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Their relationship has been something approached with care and caution. It's grown slow because (he thinks) neither of them want to make a misstep and ruin something that has up until this point been so good for the both of them. There are steps that other people might take without thinking that Fiddleford has agonized over because they will make things that much more real.]
Love you too, Marco, so much.
[It's the first time he's said it properly. The garbled, desperate attempt while he was being held captive doesn't count -- or at least he doesn't want it to count. A first real 'I love you' shouldn't be tied to something so horrible, shouldn't have the weight of 'and this might be my only chance to say it' hanging over it. He raises his other hand and clasps Marco's between them. The blanket slips from his shoulders a little and he doesn't bother fixing it.]