Alan just kind of leans into Eric a bit, fingers gripping at the dark fabric of his sleeve. That laugh makes him smile and he might just hold his head the tiniest bit higher at it.

"Absolutely."

And it's the first time he's ever said it out loud to anyone other than Death and that had been said in the strictest of confidences. But he knows it with complete clarity and says with with all the conviction he has because he is in love with Eric and there was no doubt of it.

"We love each other very much."