“It is a small gathering, as you requested.”
“It’s not that, I’m just—” She rubbed her chest, like that could help relieve the swelling emotions inside her heart. “I’m happy and it feels too big for one person.”
He placed his hand over hers. “You understand that you do not have to carry this feeling alone. I feel the same.”
“I do.”
“You know I love you with every atom in my being.”
“I do,” she repeated. “I love you more than I believed possible and it’s wonderfully terrifying.”
This was home. This was real.