"Yeah," Sean replied, nodding. "His name's Alex. We met here, which adds another layer to it all -- it's scary enough worrying that I won't be enough, it's downright terrifying to know that the only time I'll have with him is however long we're here because we're not even from the same world."
He took a breath, quirked a smile. "And we're at the point in things where I know I can tell him this -- we've both had a shitty enough relationship history that we refuse to hide things from each other -- but that the idea of doing it is scary."