[ No, he wouldn't either. The wish for more of this in the past is a fleeting one when after it's said it's replaced with knowing there will be more moments yet to come in the future, and that's a realization no less thrilling. Each of those steps - or stumbles, as so named - led them to here, and for that Claude can only be grateful.
The same is true for the end of Dion's considering throughout which he'd watched carefully. Claude would be deceiving even himself if he pretended like that he didn't inaudibly let out a breath he hadn't entirely noticed he was holding in. ]
If time here has taught me anything, it's that more can be possible than I'd ever guessed. And if there's something you want which wasn't possible where we've left behind, it's worth pursuing.
[ A teasing undertone is notably left out of those words. For he means the ones already said and the ones yet to come; for the vulnerability Dion's already extended, Claude knows he's long overdue to do the same. Having not stepped out of any closeness is all the encouragement he needs to shift again, but this time to wrap his arms around Dion's shoulders. ]
There was a time... well. More like years in my life where I believed I'd find no one at all and made peace with it if it meant I could accomplish the other dreams I had. Believe me when I say I'm the last person to have expected ending up with this instead.
But just as that was my choice - and others' - to find happiness, I meant it about yours, too. You make me happy, and I want to do the same for you. Whether that's with me or wherever anything might lead, I won't stop trying for that when it's what you deserve.
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The same is true for the end of Dion's considering throughout which he'd watched carefully. Claude would be deceiving even himself if he pretended like that he didn't inaudibly let out a breath he hadn't entirely noticed he was holding in. ]
If time here has taught me anything, it's that more can be possible than I'd ever guessed. And if there's something you want which wasn't possible where we've left behind, it's worth pursuing.
[ A teasing undertone is notably left out of those words. For he means the ones already said and the ones yet to come; for the vulnerability Dion's already extended, Claude knows he's long overdue to do the same. Having not stepped out of any closeness is all the encouragement he needs to shift again, but this time to wrap his arms around Dion's shoulders. ]
There was a time... well. More like years in my life where I believed I'd find no one at all and made peace with it if it meant I could accomplish the other dreams I had. Believe me when I say I'm the last person to have expected ending up with this instead.
But just as that was my choice - and others' - to find happiness, I meant it about yours, too. You make me happy, and I want to do the same for you. Whether that's with me or wherever anything might lead, I won't stop trying for that when it's what you deserve.