All his nerves and the blood rushing in his ears and Adalwolfe's reply draws a strangled laugh from him. He doesn't doubt Hawke's feelings are the same, merely the timing...this place, maybe it's too late, maybe it's not right...but he has to hope. He has to hope because his heart wouldn't survive the alternative.

He leans in to press their foreheads together. "Not at all. You're giving yourself to me...I am merely offering the same. I don't want another day to go by without you knowing that, no matter where in this life we are to go, you carry me with you and I, in turn, eternally hold you close. I hope you can forgive me for being a fool who keeps making you wait. You deserve better...but I accept that you want me as much as I want you."