“You look like you’ve been hit by a truck. Surely you had an inkling about my feelings for you? I wasn’t exactly subtle. But I get it—it’s different to hear the words, isn’t?” He stroked Damiano’s cheekbones with his thumbs. “God, I love you so much. I didn’t know it was possible to love someone so much.” He smiled crookedly. “You’d better feel the same way or I don’t know what I’d do. I might cry. I’m such a mess without you, it’s embarrassing.”
