Of course you must be there. And if you see an opening to mention it to him before me, by all means.

[ He rubs his thumb against the patch of hair beneath By's mouth before resting his hand against his face. While they're paused, ]

I loved you as you were, you know, when we started. Before we started. You could drink all the time and be the world's most passionate royalist, and you would still be the great love of my life. But you keep making me even luckier to have you.