I agree completely! The first time I read this verse, I went back through every story to check that Arthur really hadn't said it befoe, because for the reader it's just SO OBVIOUS how much Arthur loves Eames <3
I love love love the part where Arthur later in the car asks Eames whether he really didn't know, and Eames immediately shuts that trail of thought down. It was so important for Arthur to hear that, I think. He knows Eames loves him, has known for a long time, and I think he doesn't need much reassurance in that area. What he really needs to hear, in the story before that and in this one, is that Eames *knows* that Arthur loves him, and I think that's so beautiful, really, it breaks my heart, because it's such a powerful thing, makes Arthur's love so...true, in a way, that he is most concerned with whether Eames knows what he means to him.
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Re: The declaration
Date: 2016-06-13 07:44 am (UTC)I love love love the part where Arthur later in the car asks Eames whether he really didn't know, and Eames immediately shuts that trail of thought down. It was so important for Arthur to hear that, I think. He knows Eames loves him, has known for a long time, and I think he doesn't need much reassurance in that area. What he really needs to hear, in the story before that and in this one, is that Eames *knows* that Arthur loves him, and I think that's so beautiful, really, it breaks my heart, because it's such a powerful thing, makes Arthur's love so...true, in a way, that he is most concerned with whether Eames knows what he means to him.