Aedan pressed up against Damien's hands, wanting to bury himself in them, and up against him and stay like that forever, breathing him in, so close he nearly forgot where he ended and Damien began.
And the words themselves made Aedan's heart soar, as that was confirmed again. It was maybe a bit needy of him, but he DID blossom when he heard things like that.
Of course, the tender moment was changed up again as Aedan gasped out when Damien pulled him in like that. He couldn't do much then, for the blinding white light in his head there.