In shock? Gabe was thunderstruck. He felt miles away from the realisation, down a long tunnel, but then it was shrieking towards him with William's voice in his ear, bursting over him with the fact that he'd done it.
He turned around, into the circle of William's arm, catching his own hand at William's side to pull him closer so he could wrap that arm completely around him. The other one too, holding him almost fiercely as Gabe let out a breath that actually made his shoulders judder. "Gracias a Dios y a sus ángeles," he whispered against William's hair, eyes shut tight.
It wasn't over yet, but the hard part was done. He'd really, actually done it.