My heart begins to beat like his, just as fast, and I wonder why I never noticed before that day with Evillustrator.
I've fallen for him after that terribly ended date on his birthday, and now I wonder how come I never realized even after that how deep his feelings ran for me.
Nathanael, forgive me for those days when I didn't love you like I should have, and I do love you now so very much.
I love the gentle safety of your embrace even though we both know who will actually run off to defend the whole of Paris.
I love the way that you giggle before you lean in, eyes still open, because we'll both stumble through the kiss if we close our eyes before we press together, and the gentle and loving way that you kiss me.
It makes my toes curl up, and my heart warm somewhere deep down in my chest.
I love the way that you gently undo my hair when I'm still only half detransforming and how you get a plate full of cookies for Tikki ready even before I return and the gentle way you press a mug of delicious hot cocoa into my hands after I do detransform.
I even love the way that our little apartment always smells of paint and the fact that you converted a small room of ours into a studio.
Even though I probably shouldn't, I love the fact that our dining table's in the kitchen and that's where we eat our breakfasts and other meals together.
I love when music plays softly on the radio even if it's some song that neither of us can understand and how you spin me around through the small space and how sometimes we stumble like dorks and sometimes I'll have to wash the paint off of my clothes with your help later on.
I love how whenever we have a quiet moment together, how we press together and let our hearts decide if we'll just enjoy many silly moments together or whether we'll kiss and let each gentle kiss bring us forward to another moment.
I love the way that we tease each other and giggle on some days as if we were still kids, and I mostly just love you and how we blend our days into a perfect mix of heroics, fashion, and art.
I love you so much that I've come to love everything that reminds me of you almost as much.