*gets to his feet too, though there was never a time when he was your friend and not your lover and is that what you are remembering now?* *tentatively, yet still far too impulsively* I would. I would come with you if you --
*frowns and looks down at his feet (perhaps so he won't have to see the exact moment you leave (him) again* I. I think I need some time, Ecthelion. Away from Gondolin and work and anyone who knows me. I would come with you but -- *chokes back a laugh, though he is definitely not amused* Maybe we could think of it as some sort of mission. To not be jerks to each other. To be friends.