[He's not right now, and he doesn't have the energy to lie to Ronan - or the desire to. Ronan would know he was lying anyway. He steps closer, tugs the sleeve of his shirt over his hand so he can reach up and wipe away the dirt on Ronan's brow, a careful and oddly intimate gesture.
He'll be grappling with this for awhile. Less then act itself than what it means about him, whether it's changed the way Ronan looks at him. He'll keep to himself, too, because it's not an easy thing - but Adam thinks it will be okay. He just has to think things through, the way he always does. Then he can move on. So long as Ronan is there, he'll always have a reason to.
And Ronan is still here - that means a lot.]
Are you?
[They should go home, he thinks. They aren't going to get anything done here, not after that. Not after the physical labor and the emotional toll, and everything else.]
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[He's not right now, and he doesn't have the energy to lie to Ronan - or the desire to. Ronan would know he was lying anyway. He steps closer, tugs the sleeve of his shirt over his hand so he can reach up and wipe away the dirt on Ronan's brow, a careful and oddly intimate gesture.
He'll be grappling with this for awhile. Less then act itself than what it means about him, whether it's changed the way Ronan looks at him. He'll keep to himself, too, because it's not an easy thing - but Adam thinks it will be okay. He just has to think things through, the way he always does. Then he can move on. So long as Ronan is there, he'll always have a reason to.
And Ronan is still here - that means a lot.]
Are you?
[They should go home, he thinks. They aren't going to get anything done here, not after that. Not after the physical labor and the emotional toll, and everything else.]