You sit across from Cosima and Charlotte on the logs set around the fire. You sip on your tea every time Cosima catches you staring at her. She gives you her goofy grin but you just shy away into your mug. You've waited for this since so long, to just share the same space, the same air with Cosima that you finally feel content. Especially when Cosima has the solution to her sickness. Now you know that there's no one who's going to take her away from you, for at least a while.
You're looking down at your mug, deep in your own world and that's when you notice her taking a seat next to you. You look up at her and catch her smile which ends up travelling to you. She connects her fingers with yours and you let her take your hand in hers. She keeps your entwined hands in her lap and takes them under her shawl.
Both of you stare straight ahead at the burning and crackling fire. Your hands touch, your eyes meet and in that very second the three words leave your mouth.
"I love you."