[ Kaveh doesn't know how many minutes pass with the pair of them just sitting like this. It feels like thousands upon thousands of them, and yet like no time at all, as if he blinked and all that time raced between them in the momentary closing of his eyes.
But none of it does anything at all for the rapid-time beat of his heart or the fact that his mouth feels dry or the fact that he feels dizzy and like he's about to be sick all at the same time.
At some point in it, he turns, presses his face into Alhaitham's shoulder, breathes him in and drizzles saltwater into the blue of his shirt. ]
I love you, [ he mumbles, his mouth barely parting around the words. ]
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But none of it does anything at all for the rapid-time beat of his heart or the fact that his mouth feels dry or the fact that he feels dizzy and like he's about to be sick all at the same time.
At some point in it, he turns, presses his face into Alhaitham's shoulder, breathes him in and drizzles saltwater into the blue of his shirt. ]
I love you, [ he mumbles, his mouth barely parting around the words. ]