[Maybe it was. There isn't a ritual or a ceremony, there won't ever be, but now that Barry has said it out loud, he finds that he really means it. He wants to spend the rest of his life with her. He wants to grow old with her and die with Lup at his side. He wants to know the rest of his years will be spent with someone who loves him for who he is, despite what he is maybe not being right or appropriate for someone like her.
There's not much he has to offer her. Certainly not a lifetime's worth. But if she's willing to accept what little he has, Barry knows they're going to be alright.]
N-No, there's no one. No one but you.
[He should feel sad saying that, but he honestly doesn't. Any friend he's ever made has been fleeting and temporary, in the periphery of his mind. And the only person he's ever loved aside from Lup has been dead for decades. Probably for the best. If Marlena knew who her son had fallen for, she might have looked at him with disapproval for the first time in her life.
But the thought of disapproval isn't important. No one who matters is around to disapprove. There's only Lup. There's only the life they're about to start together.]
I-- I only have a couple things I need t'bring f-from home, and then... then we can go. [He kisses her, teary and warm.] We can go.
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[Maybe it was. There isn't a ritual or a ceremony, there won't ever be, but now that Barry has said it out loud, he finds that he really means it. He wants to spend the rest of his life with her. He wants to grow old with her and die with Lup at his side. He wants to know the rest of his years will be spent with someone who loves him for who he is, despite what he is maybe not being right or appropriate for someone like her.
There's not much he has to offer her. Certainly not a lifetime's worth. But if she's willing to accept what little he has, Barry knows they're going to be alright.]
N-No, there's no one. No one but you.
[He should feel sad saying that, but he honestly doesn't. Any friend he's ever made has been fleeting and temporary, in the periphery of his mind. And the only person he's ever loved aside from Lup has been dead for decades. Probably for the best. If Marlena knew who her son had fallen for, she might have looked at him with disapproval for the first time in her life.
But the thought of disapproval isn't important. No one who matters is around to disapprove. There's only Lup. There's only the life they're about to start together.]
I-- I only have a couple things I need t'bring f-from home, and then... then we can go. [He kisses her, teary and warm.] We can go.