[He does feel as if he's been stabbed with those words, painful in their sincerity. He can feel his own teeth grinding as he tears his gaze away from the other man, unable to meet his eyes.]
You, [he starts, and hates the way he feels so vulnerable, like Ren's torn him open with words alone. Fuck, when's the last time someone told him they loved him and meant it? Toward the end, he wasn't even sure if his mother truly meant it, or if his memory of her is warped as so many things in his life were. There's an unfamiliar burning sensation right behind his eyes, and he squeezes them shut as if that might ease it.]
You're the most infuriating man I've ever known, [he manages, voice slightly hoarse through the effort of gritting the words out.]
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[He does feel as if he's been stabbed with those words, painful in their sincerity. He can feel his own teeth grinding as he tears his gaze away from the other man, unable to meet his eyes.]
You, [he starts, and hates the way he feels so vulnerable, like Ren's torn him open with words alone. Fuck, when's the last time someone told him they loved him and meant it? Toward the end, he wasn't even sure if his mother truly meant it, or if his memory of her is warped as so many things in his life were. There's an unfamiliar burning sensation right behind his eyes, and he squeezes them shut as if that might ease it.]
You're the most infuriating man I've ever known, [he manages, voice slightly hoarse through the effort of gritting the words out.]