“Um, duh,” said Todd later that night when at last I came clean, as we sat on our bed in the dorm.
“Huh?”
“Duh, Lucas,” he said. “You can hear things no one else can hear, can see things too far away for anyone else to see, smell things even a bear would miss. Plus, there’s a hero around these parts with your build and your powers, who does superhero s**t at the same time you happen to not be with me.”
“Old ladies need help crossing the street. Kittens do f****d up tree shit.” I gulped. “But you never said anything.”
He smiled and ruffled my hair. “I knew you’d tell me when you were ready,” he said. “Looks like you’re ready.”
My gulp regulped. “And I, uh, I love you.”
“Duh,” he said.
“Do you need to keep saying that?”
He shrugged. “Seems appropriate.” He leaned in. He kissed me. It
