[Distance made the pain hurt less often, but it didn't stop hurting the same way when the old mental and emotional wounds were prodded.

He let out a fond laugh of his own with an expression equally so as he watched Waver take in the falling stars.]

I wouldn't have said if if it was not something I didn't believe with all I am. [Another laugh.] Though am I not allowed to flatter my partner every so often?

[As if he didn't flirt with this man all the damn time. Case in point.]

The stars in the sky shine and lead many on their own journeys, to find their own destinies. And yet despite how they bring light to the darkness above, the one I yearn to chase most sits by my side right now.