He loved you.

“I can barely stay awake," Metias had told me after his first night shift. "Does…”

“Idiotic reply, June. Why don't you punch him in the face while you're at it. I …”

“I'd once been fascinated by his legend - all the stories I'd heard before I met…”

“I don't know if anyone's ever told you this", he begins. He doesn't blush, and …”