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Imagine:

You've had a crush on Jake since the two of you were in high school, but never knowing if he'd felt the same way shunned you into silence for years and years.

Through adulthood your feelings were still very much present, even after Jake found smashing Hollywood success. Your friends and family had tried to convince you to confess your feelings for ages, but you were petrified of him not reciprocating the feelings and ruining your friendship because of it.

Still, somehow, some way, after enduring a family gathering where you'd had to watch this near-perfect man goof off with kids, win three rounds of uno, and laugh along with your family, you mustered up the courage to tell him before he left.

Above, was his reaction as you spoke, for you hadn't known that he'd been waiting for over a decade to hear those words fall from your lips.