"You were the one to tell me," Benjamin goes on, once the kiss breaks, and seeing that look in John's eyes, the tears welled up there, gives his voice a huskier tone, heavy with emotion he's only just controlling, "over and over again, to let me feel this. You were right. We have to live, John, not just go through life."
He had fought love long enough. He had lost, and yet he had won so much.