*blisses*

This is just lovely. Like I said before, what I like most is how Roman's grounding gets through to Deniz -- unfortunately that'll turn out to be temporary too, but for this moment there's the beautiful hope that he'll be as sure of himself and as certain of who he is as Roman is. And that knowing that of himself, he'll be able to take what he wants without fearing what Marian or his hockey team or anybody else thinks of him. It's such a precious, brave moment in time, no matter how fleeting it is.

And I love love love the way his voice deepens, somehow still laced with the tinkling of teasing. Oh yes, it certainly does.

*reads more and blisses more*