There were a million things Peter wanted to say, but it was too soon, and the past week had been so divorced from reality that Peter worried Caleb wouldn’t think anything Peter said counted for much. But Peter knew how he felt—he might not have been any good at processing emotions that weren’t in the neighborhood of guilt, shame, and anxiety, but he knew what it felt like to be overwhelmingly fond of someone. He knew he wanted to keep Caleb near him, not only in his life, but within arm’s reach.
