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    “Do you love me?”

    The question rang out in the empty silence of the House, filling the space with the nervousness it carried, the unsurety. It’s speaker stood stiffly, hands clasped together, brows furrowed, her eyes carefully schooled but hollow enough to indicate that she’d already expected a certain answer.

    “What?” He asked, bewildered, as if he hadn’t heard her correctly. "Did you just ask me if I loved you?"

    “It’s just…” she started, but stopped, and suddenly that anger evaporated. Nesta never stuttered, never fumbled over her words. “It’s just, you’ve never said it before. The words, I mean.”

    Cassian stared at his mate for several seconds, blinking rapidly. That couldn’t be true. After everything they’d been through, it wasn’t possible that such a thing could have been missed. Surely, he had-?

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    AKA an ACOSF fix it where Cassian says I love you because sometimes people need to actually hear the words.

    Ft. Rhys and Azriel telling Cassian he's a moron, Gwyn telling Cassian he's a moron, the House telling Cassian he's a moron, and Cassian making everything better and showering Nesta with affection.

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