There's been a lot of reasons to leave it unsaid. A lot of excuses. But I'm glad... I'm really glad it isn't unsaid anymore.
[But there goes his Dorian looking away from him, breaking eye contact. The halfling listens, really truly listens, and he hears those familiar insecurities. He's about to scold Dorian about it not being his fault at all, never mind mostly, but when the other man mentions Will, that catches Orym's attention. The way he says he couldn't ever tell him after that.
Oh. Orym can connect those dots into what they are.]
Are you still worried about that? I used to worry about it too, that after loving Will, after losing him, that there was no chance I could love someone like that again. I believed that for a long time. Then I met you. And I was so wrong. I fell so hard. I think I'm still falling. I don't know if I deserve it, deserve you, but I feel like I've been given a second chance. [It's the sort of miracle that doesn't happen in little lives like his, but here he is anyway, and he isn't going to take it for granted.]
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Date: 2023-09-08 04:41 am (UTC)[But there goes his Dorian looking away from him, breaking eye contact. The halfling listens, really truly listens, and he hears those familiar insecurities. He's about to scold Dorian about it not being his fault at all, never mind mostly, but when the other man mentions Will, that catches Orym's attention. The way he says he couldn't ever tell him after that.
Oh. Orym can connect those dots into what they are.]
Are you still worried about that? I used to worry about it too, that after loving Will, after losing him, that there was no chance I could love someone like that again. I believed that for a long time. Then I met you. And I was so wrong. I fell so hard. I think I'm still falling. I don't know if I deserve it, deserve you, but I feel like I've been given a second chance. [It's the sort of miracle that doesn't happen in little lives like his, but here he is anyway, and he isn't going to take it for granted.]