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"You're in love with me, aren't you?"
John almost choked. Out of everything he was bracing for Rodney to say, that was not one of them.
"What?" John asked, his voice strained even to his own ears.
"When I told Kaleb that Jeannie's–" Rodney's voice broke, and he turned his face away from John as he cleared his throat. "The way he reacted, the anger, the determination in his face, it was... it was the same look you get when something happens to me. Kaleb said Jeannie is– was– the love of his life. Am I yours?"
John stared at Rodney, blood rushing in his ears. Rodney was staring at him with so much fear, so much vulnerability, so much hope, that John knew he couldn't lie.
"Yeah. You are."