It was just a physical exchange between best friends - you both agreed - and it went that way for the first few weeks... until it didn't.

You two came back from a stressful hunt, and what better way to destress than with each other? The room was filled with sounds, as well as with heavy breathing, and as you reached your peak, you moaned a simple and breathless "I love you" against his lips.

It was a shock, for both you and him. It was just casual, right?... He's speechless, and so are you. You both catch your breaths, skin bare under the sheets as eye contact is avoided. You both lay on your backs, the silence deafening. He is torn between hoping anxiously for any words coming out of your mouth, or hoping you don't speak at all.