When those words hit him, his better quivered in...delight? It was definitely sheer delight. Making a soft sound, he pulled Ben to him and he tipped his head just right to whisper in his ears. "Life's too short not to put your heart on the line..." It was what he'd been telling himself... daily... since he lost her. And now that he had clarity, he was taking his own advice. "I love you." Three words he'd not even been able to say to Rachel. And they came like a prayer to Ben.
Breathing in shakily, he turned his face into his twin's neck and airily pressed a kiss to the feeling of his pulse. "She's never getting any of my genes for her rug rats. She can go ask Logan to be a donor." Snorting faintly, he felt like his mind was slowly coming back to life the more Ben just held him like this. "Ben..."
Pulling back just enough to look him in the eye, he worked at smiling more this time. And maybe his face wasn't cooperating as nicely as he'd like it to... his eyes conveyed most of the warmth. "I've been through this before... but you..." It had taken him weeks just to feel a flicker of emotion before... with Ben... "I didn't wake up for days last time."
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Date: 2011-01-12 05:38 am (UTC)Breathing in shakily, he turned his face into his twin's neck and airily pressed a kiss to the feeling of his pulse. "She's never getting any of my genes for her rug rats. She can go ask Logan to be a donor." Snorting faintly, he felt like his mind was slowly coming back to life the more Ben just held him like this. "Ben..."
Pulling back just enough to look him in the eye, he worked at smiling more this time. And maybe his face wasn't cooperating as nicely as he'd like it to... his eyes conveyed most of the warmth. "I've been through this before... but you..." It had taken him weeks just to feel a flicker of emotion before... with Ben... "I didn't wake up for days last time."