[Tingles rush all up and down Matt's spine at the touches, radiating down his limbs in a pleasant numbness. He'd said it. They'd both said it and... Nothing happened. They're both okay. And Ghoul doesn't reject it - Says it sounds good - and kisses him and it's okay. Everything will be fine. He believes it too, even if just for the time being. Believes that maybe things will be easier, or get better. Maybe he can have this.
Which makes the answer come easy, and a little too enthusiastic despite how breathless he is] Yes! Yes. I'm - [He laughs, almost silent] Better. A thousand times better, Ghoul, I - [Don't have words for it, for how he feels, so he just. Pulls him into another kiss. He'll show him instead, relish that closeness. A contrast to how Ghoul feels, Matt brims with energy and feels like a giddy school child with his first crush, too excited to care about anything else.]
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Which makes the answer come easy, and a little too enthusiastic despite how breathless he is] Yes! Yes. I'm - [He laughs, almost silent] Better. A thousand times better, Ghoul, I - [Don't have words for it, for how he feels, so he just. Pulls him into another kiss. He'll show him instead, relish that closeness. A contrast to how Ghoul feels, Matt brims with energy and feels like a giddy school child with his first crush, too excited to care about anything else.]