A sudden warm flush spread through him at the words, and he pressed a hard, longing kiss to Finn's lips.

"I love you too," he murmured into them, husky and deep. "I love you too, Finn, I never--" And he broke off because a part of his brain flickered back on. "I didn't-- I don't know what came over me, I didn't-- I wouldn't have-- not like this---"