"I love you too. I never doubted that you love me. I just doubt that you'll let yourself keep doing it." Hartley wished he'd not have to say it in present tense, but he wasn't in the habit of lying to Axel. He watched him with the rat and smiled a little, shrugging his shoulders. "But you're cute. I don't know when I'll feel good about just telling you things again, but I'm trying. I want to share my life with you. It's just easier to do that when my life is going shit."