“Of course, I do,” he says evenly. Simply, again. And there’s something beautiful about the fact that it was this easy for him to say. That, after everything, the emotion was so obvious to him, and his heart so full of it, that he could say it to another person, randomly on a Monday night, with no nerves or doubts. I can barely get the words out myself. But after blinking away tears, I tell him in an overwhelmed whisper, “I love you, too. So much.” And if I thought Kane’s first smile was one I’d never forget, it’s nothing compared to the one I get right now.
