[He beams, and reaches to clasp Dorian's hand in his enthusiasm. How good it is to see Dorian relax, to feel some semblance of normality return. As if things could return to the way they were, to become friends again, properly. In that wave of relief, Jekyll wants to tell Dorian how he's being referred to as a knight, so he can share laughter with someone who knows how he feels on the subject - and who even has called him such a thing. But suddenly he realises taking Dorian's hand so suddenly might frighten the boy, and drops it.]
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[He beams, and reaches to clasp Dorian's hand in his enthusiasm. How good it is to see Dorian relax, to feel some semblance of normality return. As if things could return to the way they were, to become friends again, properly. In that wave of relief, Jekyll wants to tell Dorian how he's being referred to as a knight, so he can share laughter with someone who knows how he feels on the subject - and who even has called him such a thing. But suddenly he realises taking Dorian's hand so suddenly might frighten the boy, and drops it.]
--Ah, I'm sorry.