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"I love you when you're complicated," Nathaniel says lightly, approaching him and moving to put his arms around him. "It's not wrong to be ambitious or passionate. You get complicated because you care so much about so many things, and that's good. And I think I'm good at cheering you up, most of the time. And I like doing that. I like being the one who makes you feel better when it all gets complicated. I like that you're something of a riddle sometimes. It keeps me challenged, and I like riddles."

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Now he does melt against Nate, albeit slowly. He doesn't want to be complicated and messy, but it means the world to him that Nate likes cheering him up and likes him for all of it. His arms slip around in return.

"You're the best at cheering me up. No one else even comes close." He takes a breath and lets it out before resting his cheek against Nate's shoulder. "I'm sorry that this riddle is so... prickly. You deserve to be recognized and I'll, I'll get over it."

It's going to take a couple of days, likely, a lot of mental reminders, but he'll get there. He tightens his hold around Nate.

"I love you. I love seeing you when you've something you're passionate about, and you're passionate about this." And him. Anders is lucky every single day that Nate is passionate about him.

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"I'm glad you told me how you feel." A kiss on his temple. "You never need to hide how you're feeling."

His cheek rests against that hair, his arms circling him.

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"I'd ask even when it's stupid, but..." But he knows he feels a lot of extremes, and winds up feeling his feelings are stupid fairly often.

"I didn't want to take from your satisfaction with my mood. I like when you're happy. I want you to be happy." And he wants to do better than this.

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"With you, I am happier than I have ever been." He leans in to steal a kiss. "Never doubt that. This position is nothing compared with what we have."

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He smiles faintly after he's kissed, feeling some of the mood go away.

"And I'm happier as well." He's even simply happy, something he'd forgotten the feel of, which makes making Nate happy even more fulfilling. "I'll be the best riddle I can."