He felt the heat behind his eyes for only a second before the tears were welling there.

He'd known it, of course. Just like he'd known with the Admiral. Of course Finn loved him. Of course the Admiral had. Nothing they shared would have happened, otherwise.

He hadn't realised until that moment what a difference hearing it would make.

He was almost shaking with rage, his fists balling at his sides. "If you don't want it to happen again, Finn. You need to leave. Right now."