[ Jacob looks up at him, chest heaving and his face still streaked with the path of those tears, not knowing how to explain himself or the confusing jumble of feelings in the melting pot of his stomach.

This wasn't what he'd planned for. It was just some sexy words that built on all the other things they'd been saying, fuel for the fantasy. But then Hellboy had said that and Jacob felt...

Special. Important. Wanted.]

You should say how you feel luv. Always. Just... I didn't expect it. You've got a way about you that turns everything I think I know on it's head.