“That I thought I’d never have those feelings again either. That I . . . I was caught off guard too. I realized somewhere between our push and pull and the little moments we’ve shared over these past few weeks”—I glanced down, making a show of eyeing my shirt and his—“we were really connecting, and it was getting harder and harder to pretend there wasn’t something developing between us. I know we have more ground to cover in getting to know one another, but I’d like to.”
