Gabriel's knees are always (skinned) wrote in rooms,
Re: House: Ben/Ronan
[Maybe he'd laugh at that if it wasn't so absurd - the suggestion of him leaving, when this is his home. When Ben is his home, with the dogs, and the smell of charred toast every morning that Ronan isn't up to take control of breakfast, and the bed that they share.
Yes, he knows that he's something more than ridiculous. He is a man in love, and isn't that the definition? Every wound-tight inch of muscle in his shoulders starts to relax as he half-slumps against the strength of Ben's broad chest and shoulders. (Yes, there's the knowledge that Ben hasn't successfully covered up the slow boil of anger in his head, but that's for later. Now is for the press of Ronan's face against the spot where Ben's shoulder meets his neck, even if it hurts his swelling nose, until the heaving of his chest begins to slow and he can start to think about catching his breath.) He's here. Ben's here. It's going to be alright.]
No. [It comes out harsher than he'd intended.] No report. I don't - [Slight hitch of his breath, but he manages to suppress the swell of fear and indignation in his throat.] It's okay. I can handle it, okay? Just let me handle it.
[He shifts his weight in Ben's lap, freeing one of his hands in order to reach up and gingerly wipe at the wet tracks of tears on his cheeks with the hem of one sleeve. The GPS thing makes him smile, albeit a little wanly. And then he makes a decision.
It's slow, at first. He's still not sure how to go about this projection thing, just going off his few mental 'conversations' with that other telepath. The one who thinks in pictures and gestures, rather than words. So it's a small, concentrated bloom of feeling that he unfurls in Ben's direction, and he's not at all sure that it's even going to work, but for a moment he holds his breath. Leans in, angled his face up in order to brush the tip of his nose against the underside of Ben's jaw. And the picture, that slow and deliberate bloom... it's: Love you. I love you.]