"Oh." How did he even react to this? "Thank you?" Axel didn't know what to do with those words and they made everything inside him feel weird. Not in a bad way but in a way that almost made him wish he could just cry and that was not helpful right now. Emotions weren't something Axel dealt with well and hearing the words he had fantasies over being said by the boy who almost got threatened with rape because of him tonight just seemed kind of jarring. He swallowed hard and leaned over, kissing Hartley on the forehead before he continued to move him along, taking the bulk of his weight. "I love you too."