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Thomas breaking down in tears and burying his face in James’s shoulder though.

Like we know what James went through during their time apart but Thomas was trapped, probably desperate to hear news about Miranda and James and to see them again but finally sadly accepting the two might have just put him aside after failing to find him and moved on.

And then he turns around and James is standing right there and with a pang he realises what that must mean but he still can’t believe it’s James at all and then he gets to hold James in his arms and with a jolt he realises that ten years have passed and while James could have moved on… he didn’t, he loved him all that time and now Thomas can start crying because he may have given in and believed James forgot him, but he should have known better.

What he and James had was entirely something else.