Ethan narrows his gaze, pointing at her lips as they press together as if he knows she is trying to keep herself from smiling. He is a tiny bit tipsy at the moment too thus the silly response to something he is so used to seeing from her. He is amazed, and he doesn't know-- he will never know if she did or she didn't have feelings for him, if he was too much of an idiot and too lost in his own issues to see it if she did have them. It took him so long to realize his own feelings. Maybe he really is just that much of an idiot.
"You can--" He turns to her, reaching his hand out immediately when she sways so she won't slip or fall. Ethan keeps his hand on her, and he watches her with fondness at the way she fumbles about. It's both comical and hilarious honestly (also adorable, did he mention that?). He leans in when she flips her phone around, and then he is smiling and shaking his head in amazement and it's real. It's really in front of them, and they're kind of a really beautiful couple. His voice is a bit hoarse when he finally manages to speak at all, just at the-- it's so natural and so right and so amazing. "We look-- We look really happy, really good together."
It's said softly as he shakes his head in amazement, watching the whole video, laughing at parts of it too. The sight of it hits him with this intense warmth, this intense ache and warmth. His eyes burn too just briefly as he watches it in amazement and wonderment, and he has to look away at the end because the burning spreads through the center of his chest too strong that he can't--
This isn't him-- It is but it's not. It's what could have been. It's a what if that happens in another world that isn't his own. He is smiling though even with that burn that spreads across his chest, the burn in his eyes too. It is a joyful thing to know that somewhere they end up like this and not-- not saying goodbye forever. His jaw locks with it. And. Feelings.
It takes him another moment to recover and more alcohol too. More of that before the ache and the burn finally fades a bit.
He grins at her as she shakes her finger in that stubborn way. "Oh, I really, really love those two different ways of departing us though ghost cruise ship Ethan is a bit long. Maybe you could just shorten it to the first letter or something like that," Ethan says, finishing off the glass in his hand as he ducks his head, laughing.
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"You can--" He turns to her, reaching his hand out immediately when she sways so she won't slip or fall. Ethan keeps his hand on her, and he watches her with fondness at the way she fumbles about. It's both comical and hilarious honestly (also adorable, did he mention that?). He leans in when she flips her phone around, and then he is smiling and shaking his head in amazement and it's real. It's really in front of them, and they're kind of a really beautiful couple. His voice is a bit hoarse when he finally manages to speak at all, just at the-- it's so natural and so right and so amazing. "We look-- We look really happy, really good together."
It's said softly as he shakes his head in amazement, watching the whole video, laughing at parts of it too. The sight of it hits him with this intense warmth, this intense ache and warmth. His eyes burn too just briefly as he watches it in amazement and wonderment, and he has to look away at the end because the burning spreads through the center of his chest too strong that he can't--
This isn't him-- It is but it's not. It's what could have been. It's a what if that happens in another world that isn't his own. He is smiling though even with that burn that spreads across his chest, the burn in his eyes too. It is a joyful thing to know that somewhere they end up like this and not-- not saying goodbye forever. His jaw locks with it. And. Feelings.
It takes him another moment to recover and more alcohol too. More of that before the ache and the burn finally fades a bit.
He grins at her as she shakes her finger in that stubborn way. "Oh, I really, really love those two different ways of departing us though ghost cruise ship Ethan is a bit long. Maybe you could just shorten it to the first letter or something like that," Ethan says, finishing off the glass in his hand as he ducks his head, laughing.