He stilled his fidgeting, his hands laid still in his lap, the blush did not recede, but his eyes did raise to meed R'cas.  When the cool skin of R'cas forehead touched his, his breathing quickened slightly, and he became all to aware that he was finally touching the man he admired so much.<br/><br/>"I...I."<br/><br/>He could smell the sweet smell of his breath fan out across his face, and he fell a little deeper.  In a low breathy voice he confessed.<br/><br/>"I love you."<br/><br/>And than he said it again.<br/><br/>"I love you R'cas." It felt so good to say that his lips curved up into a sweet smile, and he said it once again.<br/><br/>"I love you, I've loved you since the moment you first said my name, that time when I fell from a tree as a weyrling, and you helped me clean my wound.  I've loved you for a long time, and I...I just wanted you to know..."<br/><br/>His voice trailed off, and remembers just how long he had loved this man, those seven long years of longing.