Re: Rafe/Gabe - Cabanas - 7:45 p.m.
Gabe couldn't deny the smile that curved his mouth, the softness that lined his eyes with Rafe's admission. It wasn't clarity, necessarily, regarding how Rafe felt now, but it was reassuring to hear all the same.
"Yeah. Yeah, I know what you mean." They lapsed into silence, though not uncomfortable. It took everything in Gabe to not reach forward, press a hand to Rafe's knee, knowing that it would only lead to more. They might have been semi-hidden from view of others clustered around the pool, seated inside the cabana, but they were in plain sight of his own conscience.
"I've missed you a lot, anjo," he finally said, the nickname slipping in without warning. "I'm just glad I have you back, you know? Even just as this." He wasn't trying to set limits to their relationship, necessarily, but say he was happy even if he and Rafe were only ever friends.