[It's difficult not to feel those words lurch through him for how significant they are, despite all they've already said -- difficult for it not to get caught in his throat almost like a gasp. The rest of his life. Their lives?]
[...... You.] You've been doing that already. You changed my whole life, it's --
[The admission comes soft, muffled into him, not knowing how much it's a sentiment he's already expressed to him older and more just something he almost wasn't sure he'd ever voice out loud because of all the implications of it. Even then, even this quiet, he sounds unwavering and sure of this at least.]
I didn't know I could be that happy. Like I have been since I got to know you.