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“I heard you,” Thomas admitted then, thinking that surely if the Captain knew what he knew that it would make all of this so much easier. “When you thought no one was listening, I was. Quiet moments with your Leftenant, and the raw emotion you allowed yourself, even if solely under the cover of night. I know what’s in your heart, I fell-,” and he stopped himself quickly, because I fell in love with it was a misplaced admission at the moment. Even Thomas could realize as much. “Felt drawn to you. You may not have been a poet yourself, but your soul was laid bare in the most admirable way. And now…”
“‘Now’? Now what? Do you think I am so softhearted I should be sighing at a window and weeping over long lost love? Balderdash!” The Captain was seething - how dare the poet speak so candidly about his heart! All based off of a few bally observations. The audacity!