[Those are the words he'd quietly hoped for, even as he placed them low on his mental list of possibilities. He had been bracing for something else, some sort of reckoning with his government affiliations or some important revelation on the search for the cure for his illness. Something difficult to say because it would hurt to hear.
But this, of course, is the complete opposite. He lets out a sudden exhale of relief and joy, a sort of emotional gut punch in the best possible way, and then Law is grabbed right back up and squeezed closer than ever as Rosinante's eyes fill again with tears that come from something between crying and laughter. These ones won't be as easy to stop, but he's not even trying right now anyway.]
Law... I know. I know.
[Oh sure, of course he'd had doubts, because that's how his mind works. But in his heart, of course he knew. He could see it in the name of Law's crew, in the design of his jolly roger, in some of the tattoos. In every word of their conversation so far, now that they've been reunited after far too long, and in Law's stories of life and revenge. That's all love, isn't it? But the words themselves make it suddenly brighter and clearer in his mind.]
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But this, of course, is the complete opposite. He lets out a sudden exhale of relief and joy, a sort of emotional gut punch in the best possible way, and then Law is grabbed right back up and squeezed closer than ever as Rosinante's eyes fill again with tears that come from something between crying and laughter. These ones won't be as easy to stop, but he's not even trying right now anyway.]
Law... I know. I know.
[Oh sure, of course he'd had doubts, because that's how his mind works. But in his heart, of course he knew. He could see it in the name of Law's crew, in the design of his jolly roger, in some of the tattoos. In every word of their conversation so far, now that they've been reunited after far too long, and in Law's stories of life and revenge. That's all love, isn't it? But the words themselves make it suddenly brighter and clearer in his mind.]