[He gives a rueful smile for being laughed at, but he'll forgive it.]
I meant you...but the sentiment stands all same.
[Silly man. Silly man who still held Chris' heart in his hands so easily without even really seeming to know it. Or maybe he simply couldn't acknowledge it right now. It didn't matter. Chris pets Jacob's hair and keeps his arms wrapped around the other man like he might protect him from the world, from his own haunted mind...anything that might come for him.
After a moment, Chris speaks again, though he keeps his voice quiet on the off chance Jacob's dozing at all.]
I've got you...and I've no intention of letting you go unless you bid it.
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I meant you...but the sentiment stands all same.
[Silly man. Silly man who still held Chris' heart in his hands so easily without even really seeming to know it. Or maybe he simply couldn't acknowledge it right now. It didn't matter. Chris pets Jacob's hair and keeps his arms wrapped around the other man like he might protect him from the world, from his own haunted mind...anything that might come for him.
After a moment, Chris speaks again, though he keeps his voice quiet on the off chance Jacob's dozing at all.]
I've got you...and I've no intention of letting you go unless you bid it.