"Right." He takes a deep breath. "I'm gonna guess you don't know how to talk to me right now. Maybe it hurts to try. And if that's so, well. I never want to cause you pain. But I'm also pretty tired of not saying how I feel, so here goes. I love you, and if you think that's changed, you're being a bit of an idiot. And if you think 'oh, Ezra's just being naive and thinks he can sun shine away the pain and everything will be fine again'-"

He laughs, and it's a sharp thing. "Then you either never knew me as well as you should, or you've forgotten some things."