[ Gabe just nodded, still trying to get his heart to behave before his brain ran away again ]//Ah, well maybe i've just seen you in the world before?//

[ He had no idea why that hurt- He didn't know the guy even a bit, why did hearing about his partner make his heart clench in his chest... Maybe he needed to see a doctor about it ]//Tell him more, he is really lucky to have a sunshine like you in his life!//

[ sunshine- Why did that roll off his tongue like he'd said it a million times before.

He glanced down at his ring, looking torn between heartbroken and generally defeated ] //No, sadly. Closest thing i have to children are animals in a shelter and my cat. My wife wanted kids but well... We're too old now//