"It isn't like that," he insists. "I. Everything about you drives me crazy. Sometimes, you're all that I can think about."
A breath.
"When I was here, before you were here, you were all that I thought about. I thought it was because you were another Grey Warden, that I didn't want you burdened with the responsibility of saving Ferelden yourself. But then I realized that whatever feelings I had for you there were more than what I thought they were."
A lot more.
"I love you," he says. "And I wanted things to be perfect. When or if they ever happened. I don't know when there'll be a perfect time, or when there'll be a perfect place, but I just thought that now. Now would be a good time."