“I know.”
“You gonna keep doing that?”
“For the rest of my life,” he says softly.
And maybe it should feel too big.
Too soon.
Too much.
It doesn’t.
“I love you,” I whispered.
His breath caught. His hand tightened on me like I’d just handed him something breakable.
“I’ve loved you longer than I knew what to call it, Stells.”
Tears burned behind my eyes.
“I think some part of me always did too.”