[Albert returns very late, exhausted but somehow a bit more content and confident than he felt when he left. His marks are covered with new ones, and the ones on his heart are the most firmly pressed in of all.
He said it. He honestly said it. It's out in the open now that he loves someone who isn't family, and he won't take it back. It heals him, makes him feel alive.
He doesn't expect to see William waiting in his room, so he offers him a gentle, adoring look of surprise when he returns.]
Will. Were you waiting long?
[As though William didn't just feel hours of an emotional roller coaster.]
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He said it. He honestly said it. It's out in the open now that he loves someone who isn't family, and he won't take it back. It heals him, makes him feel alive.
He doesn't expect to see William waiting in his room, so he offers him a gentle, adoring look of surprise when he returns.]
Will. Were you waiting long?
[As though William didn't just feel hours of an emotional roller coaster.]