[Smiles back, his hand moving forward to cup his cheek, then slowly down the side of his face and neck, to his shoulder, holding on easily.]
Well. [Inwardly, he always just thought - what were you ever gonna be noticing someone like him for? It makes him happy too, somehow, to realize now he was being an idiot just as much, at least in the time that's passed since then.] Maybe we've kind of sucked at this.